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Probatim

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4. Ravens are smarter than half the people you'll meet.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 01:41 PM
Feb 2024

Probably why they have a bad rap.

One of the few birds I've seen that looks like they have fun while flying. While on North Lookout at Hawk Mountain a few years ago, I picked up a raven coming toward the spotting station, I called him out, and as everyone swung their binoculars to it, he barrel-rolled for no apparent reason - except that maybe he could.

5-6 of us, in unison, said "barrel roll". His antics and our reaction to them made us all laugh.

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ravens have a bad rap. no wonder why the first ones AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #1
Ravens are smarter than half the people you'll meet. Probatim Feb 2024 #4
indeed. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #6
Here's a picture cyclonefence Feb 2024 #2
Beautiful. We have a white squirrel blm Feb 2024 #5
3 and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... MiHale Feb 2024 #3
lol AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #7
🤪 MiHale Feb 2024 #8
That Raven has Blue eyes! Cattledog Feb 2024 #9
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