COMMON RAVEN -- Corvus corax
This cache is placed in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival, May 19-21, 2016, an annual event held at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland, Wisconsin.
The cache honors the Common Raven. Of the birds classified as perching birds or "songbirds," the Common Raven is the largest, the size of a hawk. Often its deep croaking call will alert the observer to a pair of ravens soaring high overhead. An intelligent and remarkably adaptable bird, living as a scavenger and predator, it can survive at all seasons in surroundings as different as hot desert and high Arctic tundra. Once driven from much of its eastern range, the raven is now making a comeback.
Mostly permanent resident, but some wander in fall and winter, appearing south of breeding range.
Songs and Calls are deep, varied, guttural croaking; a hollow wonk-wonk.
Source: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/common-raven
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