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Photos by DON BARTLING The common raven is a large (about the size of a red-tailed hawk), all-black bird with a large black bill, a shaggy beard of feathers on the chin and throat, and a large wedge-shaped tail, seen in flight.

Photos by DON BARTLING The common raven is a large (about the size of a red-tailed hawk), all-black bird with a large black bill, a shaggy beard of feathers on the chin and throat, and a large wedge-shaped tail, seen in flight.

November 21, 2019

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Raven or crow? Here's how you know
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Raven or crow? Here's how you know

When Edgar Allen Poe had to find a bird annoying enough to drive a man insane, the choice was easy: a raven. Corvids — the avian family that includes ravens and crows — are notorious for causing mischief to humans and animals alike.