Common Raven
Corvus corax
 (L 24" WS 53" Wt 2.6 lb)
Acrobatic...can even fly upside
down for long distances...famous
for problem-solving abilities.
Have long narrow
“fingers” at wingtips.
Big Sur Lodge
Pfeifer State Park
11Oct2006
Ghastly, grim, and ancient
Raven, wandering from the
Nightly shore,-- Tell me what
thy lordly name is on the
Night’s Plutonian shore! Quoth
the Raven “Nevermore!”
    (Edgar Allan Poe,The Raven)
The Cloisters
Morro Bay, CA
10Oct2012
Pleasanton, CA
19Jun2011