Other subjects he has put his formidable mind to include bumblebees, owls, trees, and insect thermoregulation. A prolific researcher and writer, he has penned at least fifteen books, and not just on ravens. Heinrich also writes of raven play: these social birds often seem to engage in antics, such as tobagganing down snowy slopes on their backs, just for amusement.īernd Heinrich himself is a study. they are even thought to lead wolves to potential kills, thus benefiting both species.
He has dubbed them with that lupine moniker as in some regions, ravens follow wolf packs, foraging on kills. Heinrich has spent untold hours following ravens and observing their behavior in the North Country, and writes about his "wolf birds" with eloquence. I would highly recommend reading Ravens in Winter, by Bernd Heinrich. Ravens are highly intelligent and easily one of North America's most interesting birds. Apparently all have done well a group of birders saw what was probably the entire family unit nearby a few weeks ago.ĭowny feathers and the fleshy gape of the bill can be made out in these photos: surefire evidence of the bird's young age. We may have been the first humanoids these young birds had seen, given their remote location and young age. There were four free-flying juveniles in addition to the one still in the nest. One of the "juniors" from this year's nesting. Likewise to Ethan Kistler and Aaron Boone, who found the nest this spring. Kudos to Scott Albaugh, who first found ravens in this area in 2006. The aerie is tucked in a recess of that inaccessible outcrop, and when I took this photo on April 29 there was still a young raven on the nest. The rugged cliff-like highwall, formed by past strip mining, in Jefferson County where ravens successfully nested in 2008.
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