Saturday, October 15, 2011

10/14 The “Caw” of the Wild


Waking up in the quite a.m. of the Kayenta Campground is pretty much heaven.  The only noise around us is the “caw” of the gigantic ravens that occasionally swoop down onto the campground to scavenge some extra snacks.  Right now, a raven is roosted at the top of the light post and is scoping out his territory. 
When we first arrived, and I saw two of the big puffed up birds for the first time, I was terrified.  I immediately thought “Hitchcock!!!!” and high-tailed it the other way.  (There were two ravens having some sort of late dinner meeting on top of a campground shelter--I’m pretty sure I saw two dirty martinis and some deals go down—it looked pretty serious).  Anyway, the ravens are quite a presence in this whole region.  Maybe some of our bird watching family members can add more to this post.
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5 comments:

  1. clareOctober 16, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    It's a wonder you didn't see or hear them when you were in Yellowstone. They are all over the place there. And they also say A LOT MORE THAN CAWWWW. If you listen they have a large vocabulary.

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  2. clareOctober 16, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    And if you want further studies of their brilliance, read the books by Bernad Heinrich. He is a scientist who has studied ravens. He did a lot of his research in Maine, so Larney might enjoy the books.
    Enough for now about this subject.

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  3. larney oOctober 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    I love "my" ravens...and my crows, of course....but the ravens are special. Thx for the tip :))

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  4. samiletteOctober 16, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    That's sounds like a good download. I can read it out loud to Sam on the drive. LOL. Oh, there was a Raven program at DHPSP, but we missed it!

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  5. clareOctober 17, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    As if you had nothing else to do.

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