Fables and Facts about RAVENS. If they had magical powers and could turn into humans, they’d be the kid in your class who never does homework, and when they’re asked to review yesterday’s assignment, they recite Aristotles. And somehow, they’ll get away with it because they’ll cock their heads, shake those velvety black feathers 🪶 and charm everyone. Mischievous smart. We’ve curated a small list of mystical tales, trivia and legends swirling about these carrions. 1. Considered to be birds of the gods. Odin, highest of the Norse Gods, sent his two ravens out into the world to collect information for him. He was also able to transform himself into a raven 2. In many cultures and religions throughout the centuries, ravens are symbols of wisdom and age old knowledge. Along with wolves, ravens are considered divine creatures 3. According to legend, the Kingdom of England will fall if the ravens of the Tower of London are removed. At least six ravens are in residence and have been for centuries (except for once and then the kingdom did fall) 4. In Europe during Medieval times, ravens became outcasts and symbols of foreboding and death. So, of course, the population was decimated. Who told them to do it? The church. 🙄 5. The raven also has a prominent role in the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Myth says one raven is the creator raven, responsible for bringing the world into being and who is sometimes considered to be the individual who brought light to the darkness. The other is the childish raven, always selfish, sly, conniving, and hungry. 6. In Greek mythology, ravens are associated with Apollo, the god of prophecy. Apollo sent a white raven, or crow to spy on his lover, Coronia. When the raven brought back the news that Coronis had been unfaithful to him, Apollo scorched the raven in his fury, turning the animal's feathers black. That's why ravens are black today. 7. Ravens are considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals. 8. Remarkable trivia: They hide nuts. And months later remember exactly where they hid it. 9. They cluster together at night. Crows gather in large communal roosts numbering between 200 and tens of thousands of individuals during non-breeding months, particularly in the winter. 10. Crows and Ravens have demonstrated the ability to distinguish individual humans by recognizing facial features. 11. Crows vs Ravens: they have a lot of similarities. Both are extremely intelligent and playful. Ravens have at least 7 different calls and can imitate the calls of other birds. Stunt flying is also part of their repertoire: flying upside down, barrel-rolling, somersaults. You know, to impress. How kickass is that? Enjoy! Available worldwide except GAS

A friend of mine fed the crows in the home she grew up in for many years. The crows there knew her well. Eventually, she moved across town. One elderly crow recognized her. After that the crows in that area began visiting her in the new neighborhood. Now they quack every day to greet her. And bring their babies to feed by her window. They know they are welcome there.

Shared a doughnut with a crew of ravens one cold snowy day last month and I think one of them has begun to trust me as he came and begged some food of me today. He made a sound I've never even heard in a documentary, like two heavy steel plates rubbing against each other. I told him to wait while I got him a little something and wait he did. So bloody clever. I do hope to make a friend of this fascinating creature.

Our Ravens/Crows here in the US are considered "garbage birds" by many... breaks my heart. They are beautiful, and so smart. I have several that come eat at my house, they are so cool to watch. Some of them are HUGE!

I adore Ravens. Lived in the Mojave Desert, neighbor old man, used to toss out pieces of boiled eggs each morning, and the adult Ravens were always watching for him from the power lines, then they brought there youth along. One day as I watched from the window, a cat saw them on the ground eating and thought what an opportunity, these raven were bigger than the cat. As the cat charged, they all scattered a little but didn't fly away, the cat stopped the charge realized these birds were much bigger than it thought...as soon as the Raven saw the cat was having second thoughts, they charged the cat and sent it off running under a car. So funny. Sad thing after the old man died, the Raven continued to come for several months, flying away after an hour or so, it was sad. They only trusted him.

I love crows and ravens theyre so loyal! I rescued one qnd lived with him for 5 years and he was the most loyal companion. He was jealous of everyone else who took my attention but was the sweetest little guy. He used to sit behind me and arrange my hair and eyebrows the way he liked them...a facial from a crow is incredibly relaxing but my mum used to think he would go for my eyes which he never did needless to say. I miss him terribly. Funny story, my ex was obsessive and used to annoy Pookie so Pookie devised a plot in which he unreeled Scotts music tapes who needless to say rewound them, Pookie then upped the ante by removing, and hiding the little copper bits from the cassettes and it took an age to find his stash and Scott was livid which just encouraged Pookie to wreck more...lmao! Poor Pookie, although I paid a Vet to deworm and treat his broken wing sustained when his family were cruelly shot from his tree, he never attained the ability to fly further than from the ground to my head and back and had intermittent fits which I believe were from damage on that day. I made sure he was comfortable and he used to come on the bus and travel between my flat in Aberdeen and the family cottage which used to entertain the bus driver no end. Pookie eould caw at things in the countryside and other, unknowing passengers used to look at me like I had Tourettes unaware of the crow underneath my jumper looking at the scenery! He was fine most of the time and would recover from his fits and had a happy life in my house and in the garden. Poor baby, I would love to work with them.

Years ago I was pargliding in Dawson city Yukon , when a pair of ravens came in investigating a strange "bird" in the sky. Flew with me for several minutes. Than they showed off with some areal acrobatics as if saying "can you do this ?" And were gone. Will never forget it.

I have befriended a small family of crows in the backyard and I hope in a little while I can leave a pencil and my tax receipts and have my taxes done by them, I am certain they can do a better job than I . Bright creatures that they are.

I maintained roads in a large wilderness area and often brought stale bread for the ravens. I ran a road grader but occasionally drove different dump trucks. One time a coworker noted that the ravens would know which truck I was in and would accompany only me all day long. After that I noticed that all the ravens in this huge mountain wilderness seemed to know me. It didnt matter what I was driving or where I was, they knew . Some liked flying low and close in front of me as if to let me know they were there to say "Hi".

Extremely intelligent birds. We had one as a pet many years ago. It would join the conversation like a person in multiple languages.

In Zagreb, Croatia i watched the crows pick wild chestnuts from the trees, then they would go on a nearby traffic light and wait for the cars to stop at red light, drop chestnuts on the road, cars would move on a green light, smash the chestnuts and crows would pick up the tasty spoils on a next red light interval.

Ravens and Crows use facial recognition with people and animals. Location as well. Photographic memories are passed down within the group or murder as it's called. Generations living together. They are my favorite bird species❤

The sound of the crow brings back nostalgic memories of childhood and Kolkatta India, some years ago I was taken very ill and in Brighton hospital ,I a was accepting the possibility that I might soon die , one morning I heard the sound of a crow outside the window of the ward , I was overcome with an overwhelming urge to live , here I am many years later alive and well aged 75

I love the comments on this video almost as much as I love the documentary itself. I didn't realize how common it was for people to develop really close relationships with Corvids.

The two ravens following Odin in Norse mythology were called Hugin and Munin, meaning thought and memory. A way to represent wisdom.

It's amazing to me how corvids (any bird for that matter) can seemingly withstand extreme temperatures.

I have a new found respect for ravens and crows. Beautiful birds!

I sleep in the attic. And a family of jackdaws live in my chimney. Every morning i hear them talking. Their like my alarm! Sometimes it gets a bit annoying when they ramble at sunrise. But overall their really curious and lovely birds.

Cofvids are extremely intelligent. I have posted about a crow in my yard. A few weeks ago I was listening to the song Time Has Come Again by the Chambers Brothers from 1967 (I'm old) in my back yard, where the word "time" is repeated more than 30 times. After just 2 "time" one the crows started singing along, repeating the word at the same time as it would came up, joining with the chorus. The song lasts around 11 minutes. It never missed a beat! I love crows, so I try to imitate them and they answer me back. Amazing!

Released a young crow from the house 8 years ago. He and his mate have lived atop a Cedar ever since. They come each day for food on call swooping down with wings back. They warn off other jackdaws and magpies and even the foxes get a bullying. Watching them standing over the food when surrounded by 6 eager magpies is very funny to see. Also follow me around and pinch apples to drop noisily onto a table if I am late with the food. They are truly amazing to watch especially as they have now reared three chicks; one got blown off the nest early and was quickly coaxed into a tractor cab for safety until it fully fledged. The male would churrr call for me to bring over food and tell me all was well.

I live in a really remote area, came accross a raven nest with 4 chicks. Decided I’d set up a trail cam to capture so cool shots! After 3 days, neither of the parents visited the nest. So I’d assume something happened to them, I took the 4 chicks back to my property and put them in a makeshift nest in one of my sheds, I’d feed them table scraps and trout I caught that were too small. That was 4 years ago, to this day 3 of them still return a couple times a week. I think something happens to the 4th. I mimicked a a raven sound when I ever I fed them growing up. Now if I go out and make that sound if they hear it they always show up! They’ll land on my arm if I stretch it out and feed from my hand. I don’t feed them a whole lot now because I don’t want them to be reliant on me for food. It’s more like a treat for them now.

One of the most fascinating documentaries out there. Corvids rock! And a great narrator that talks like a real person, without trying to be funny, cute or dramatic. Take a listen, National Geographic.

Was not expecting such a good video! I've been feeding 2 crows and few magpies in a park for a couple of years now, and indeed the magpies recognised me after a long absence. It just took me a couple of weeks to realise it was not a coincidence that a magpie crossed my path or looked at me from the roof each time. They seem even less scared than before my absence. The pair of crows reappeared as well and now they all fly into the trees and wait for the food when I arrive there. I've even seen one hiding it for later, she dug a place into the ground and put leaves on top 🥺 Always fascinating to watch and learn about them, this documentary was no exception to that. Thank you ❤️

I have a rescued crow that cannot be released due to old injuries. She is amazing 🥰

15:57 The accidental drop of the nut by the outsider raven to then reclaim it by catching it mid air is incredible

Love the sound of ravens when I'm in the mountains 😁

Here in Alaska, on the Kenai (keen-eye) Peninsula, ravens are huge and very entertaining! My favorite bird!

Ravens never forget a face. A year ago, on a hot summer day I had shared water and some of my food with a raven. It was next to me on a bench, we drank and ate. To this day, every other day, he comes to visit and brings me shiny thing in exchange for food and water. I dont do it often cause I dont want him to be dependent on me but still. His pals dont like me much though. 🤣🤣

I had a friend that rescued a crow with an injured wing one winter (I live in Canada) and through the healing stage she taught it to talk! Very clever!

I’ve gone from fearing them to respecting them. Great documentary.

Our family raised two babies, but a few years apart. They were always free after learning to fly. They had a place if they wanted to come home, and they did. We have sooo many funny stories about our lives with each one. They are quite funny birds... but brilliant, loving, and generous.

I've seen ravens riding the breeze in Prudhoe bay when it's 40 degrees below zero with a wind chill -100 or more. They fly around diving for food just like they were outside a Macdonalds in Anchorage.

Ravens have their own languages and long memories. They have been shown to pass information to each other. And they have been around for all of human history, watching us from above. What have they been saying about us?

love all corvids, they are full of character. Raven Rah!

Since I lost my human friends, I long to be around such creatures of magnificence. We would really fit together. They have honor.

I had 5 wolves. They were very sweet. They have passed now I have 5 Ravens. They mostly stay in my trees on my property. I feed them everyday. I know they are my pack

In the post you mentioned crows preference for nuts. During the mid-1950s my family lived on a farm with 1,000 pecan trees. As the pecans began to ripen crows in the hundreds swept in to feed on pecans. The flocks of crows were so large they resembled black clouds.

Rather than "unkindness of ravens" and "murder of crows" I personally use "eclipse" and "shadow" to describe ravens and crows, respectively. They deserve to be greatly admired 🖤

You know the more time we study ANY animal or bird we can see how smart they are...and how fast they think an react to problems..from octopus an cuttlefish to ravens an magpies to cats an dogs..

my heart melted when i saw the ravens play with humans, and found his toy together

Have to tell the story of Blackscar! When I lived in Palm springs California I frequently went to the top of Mount San Jacinto on the tram to Long Valley! This valley sits at 8 500 ft overlooking the desert below! In the surrounding forrest live gigantic ponderosa pines and other incredible trees! There's a year-round flowing Crystal clear Cold stream flowing in the center of the valley! As I was a frequent visitor I would go out of the valley into the forest where gigantic boulders lay. My favorite place was two boulders put together such as it seemed as they were an armchair! As I walked from the lodge down to the trail and into the woods, I began to whistle. Suddenly landing close to me in a nearby tree was this huge Raven as big as a chicken! He was so black he was iridescent in the Sun! As I continued on he followed me! He would flit to the tree ahead of me on the trail. He would wait until I was upon the tree and a little bit past and then he would fly ahead to the next one waiting on me leading me or following me I never figured out which! He made these strange sounds partly low volume warbling yet making sounds seeming like he was telling me something! Once I reached my Royal seat, he landed not 15 ft from me on a low branch! He was so close I could see the movement of his eyes and along his left eye for about 3 inches was a black scar! It was probably acquired in some territorial fight with another patriarch! But I began to whistle the theme song of The Andy Griffith show. To my astonishment Blackscar begin to whistle the tune along with me! When we finished he made the sound that I swear sounded like laughter! Once we finish this little episode I heard the tram coming which I could see through the branches of the trees but they could not see me or Blackscar! I have the wicked habit of making weird noises as the tram passed by and many of the passengers would scream thinking it was some wild animal! This absolutely delighted Blackscar and he himself would make other bizarre noises to scare the people as well! Then he would almost swoon with this cackling laughter that he had! I had earlier smoke a joint. Blackscar had flown over and landed on a adjacent Boulder less than 10 ft from me! The whole time he was making sounds like a chicken who's brooding over her fertile eggs and over her baby chicks! So when he would make these sounds which I know was telling me something I would answer back in the most mundane way! He would then do this cackle that sounded like a laugh like he was delighted that I was trying to answer him! He sat there with me for over 2 hours. I had smoked the joint while he was sitting there and not deliberately but the slight breeze would blow the smoke toward Blackscar! I would try to wave it away with my hand and at first it startled him! But after a while he realized what I was doing and flew back down to his close perch. Then I started singing! Without batting an eye this incredible bird began to sing"76 trombones lead the big parade, with 110 coronets close behind!" When it got to the part where there was oompa oompa, he fluffed his feathers and sort of made a bow and sang "while they oompaed oompaed up and down the square!" His voice was of a meso-soprano deep and full and sung with intimate feeling! After this Blackscar began to sort of jump up and down and kind of go around in circles on his perch and then he flew drunkenly to the closest branch and then flew back to his perch and begin to mutter and lightly call and scream out in laughter! It suddenly dawned on me that he was as high as a kite! When I was returning back to the lodge he flew back with me leading me or following me whichever to the trail and all the way to the trail going up the Clift trail to the lodge! He would always land on top of the roof of the lodge and watch me as I climbed up to the giant veranda! As I got on the tram for The descent Blackscar followed us. As we reached the desert Lodge and I took the shuttle down to my car, he would fly close to me and circle back, sweeping down to me again and again! The first time this happened I yelled out see you later my friend. So I entered my car and descended to the desert floor! I lived in a condo directly across from the tram road on highway 111. We had these sort of carports. As I pulled into the parking lot and pulled into my parking space I heard Caw, Caw, Caw! I looked up and lo and behold Blackscar was sitting above my car on the carport roof! From that day forward up for almost 2 years and I don't know how Blackscar knew this but every time I got ready to go to the top of the tram he would show up landing on top of the carport roof and follow me up to the parking lot up to the lower Lodge all the way up the tram to the upper lodge and accompany me on my journey to my Rock armchair. I'm convinced to this day that Blackscar was found as a juvenile and raised by a woman who had a beautiful voice and taught Blackscar many things in the past which served for my amusement and astonishment for the whole time I knew this incredible Raven! I can guarantee you that if he is still alive if I returned to the tram he would find me very shortly and take up with me again!

I love these amazing birds. They’re so amazing at adapting to life. They’re smarts are simply amazing.

The joy this video brought me is indescribable.🖤🖤🖤

I'll never forget watching a crow preen itself as it perched before my vehicle's wing mirror. I was blown away!

I love ravens, I have rescued a couple of them and raised a baby. So smart, played with me like a baby, holding my pinkie asking for tummy rubs. After 4 weeks she was gone.

It’s such a shame that ravens used to be the birds of the god, then became the “death” and “evil”. Those birds are surely one of the most fascinating of all and they are definitely my favourite. They are definitely not as evil as you may think. It’s so sad that not everyone appreciates how beautiful these birds are.

on the Pacific coast where I live the local crows like to harvest and eat hard-shelled nuts from the trees, some so hard-shelled that they can't crack them with their beaks. So they have learned to swoop down and drop the nuts right in front of the wheels of passing cars....then come back and devour the crushed nut-meat.

I have always thought the crow is a magnificent bird! I love hearing crows in the country as their calls echo through the woods and fields!

Getting close to nature is a wonderful experience l have befriended 4 crows and truly they are intelligent l give them bread and water in a bowl if the bread is a little dry they dip it into the bowl of water when soft they relish on it .💐 Birds and animals are good friends 👌🌷👌

I live on the WA Kitsap peninsula, out in the county. My coworker started feeding the crows. With me knowing about the UW crow studies, I continued his experiment. They are wicked-smart as individuals, & as a group they are a super-organism. (Don't get me started on the Stellar's Jays. Those birds are dreamboats.) We have breeding pairs of both species who take notice how much food I put out, & then depending how much I toss out, they will either call or not call their buddies. "stay quiet, mate. There is only enough for us." or "Dinner bell come & get it!" Both them & the squirrels then bury their extra food & then they steal it from each other. (FYI: Corvids & jays are smarter than squirles)

I rescued a baby crow that was far and away the most intelligent creature I have ever known. He could not stand bear grills Steve Erwin or Jimmy Fallon and would attack the TV anytime their face would appear

We’re Birders, & learned a lot about the Raven, Thanks for the Great video. RAVENS ROCK 🦅☘️🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ravens in London Tower stay there for life,..they never leave, they say when they do leave England will fall, they feed them everyday, and they all have big nesting boxes,..Hooded Crows i never ever saw one until i lived on the Isle of Man,..there are a lot there

i saw one try to fly off with a fast food bag, it was too heavy so he tore it open and made three trips, a piece of burger and some fries.

I grew up in the mountains of Montana (live in Idaho today one state over) and I swear we saw common ravens the size of golden eagles. They were "HUGE"! Beautiful birds.

In our backyard there is a never ending struggle between the crows, magpies and squirrels in order to hide the neighbours' walnuts in our garden.

Ravens Crows and magpies are my favourite birds I enjoy feeding them and watching them fight over food intelligently 😁

I have a strange story about a crow but no one ever believes me but I know what happened and so did my little dog Amos... I'll just say this... His favorite thing to do was have coffee and grapes with me in the mornings.

FYI- This documentary isn't solely about ravens like the title says, but about other species of corvids as well....

I could tell you some incredible things about ravens. The ones here in Perth Western Australia are unusual, in that they're not migratory but territorial. I am familiar with a murder of them which numbers in excess of thirty birds by my estimate. I only see them all at the same time rarely but it is usually something to do with my rabbits. My former rabbit Ramzy befriended a young male crow when she was a young bunny. They used to run around the yard, chasing and "play fighting. They'd jump in the air and push at each other by the feet, and they'd play a weird version of hide and seek. They'd both run and hide, then after a while one gets bored and goes looking for the other one. Ramzy used to wait till crow had walked past then she'd leap out and startle him and they'd be off running and chasing again. She always found the crow by contrast. I have some of it on video. We moved from that house and a couple more times but always wherever we were, the crows would always show a remarkable interest in her. Twice I saw hawks overhead when she was outside and both times the crows came out and chased it away, while one or two would stand guard over her. I'd seen them ignore hawks before but not when she was outside. I finally realised they were protecting her. I called them her airforce and the range from our old home is such that I recently clicked too that the big male who dominates the rest, seems to be their leader, is probably the one she used to play with. About two weeks after she died, February last year and she was 11 years old, the whole murder, over 30 birds turned up and stood solemnly around for hours, then flew away quietly. I really felt they were aware and mourning her. I never saw much of them after until recently. A new girl rabbit who looks a lot like Ramzy, but not exactly so, caught their attention and over a few weeks they seemed to be sizing her up. For her part, Jazmin reacted to them exactly as Ramzy would have, meaning she ignores them. After the young boy she played with, Ramzy used to just ignore them, even if half a dozen of the big birds would be all over her, just admiring her or being fascinated or something. She'd be sleeping and they'd come and stand around, looking worried till one would poke her and she'd move. Then they'd all be happy. They began the same with Jazzy and next thing, we got a huge meeting of them which went on for hours and was festive and noisy. She was in the midst of it while they all stood about and flew round making a circus while all the other birds hated it. They hate the crows who take their chicks and eggs presumably. Then a week later an even bigger mob of them turned up and same thing. When they left they were noisy and in groups chatting to each other. I took this to mean they'd adopted her as they new mascot or whatever. Now Jazzy has an air force too. There are other rabbits, and I don't fence them, they don't run away. Only this rabbit matters to them. The day they had the first meet when they adopted her, I saw the big male bird fly down to a half dozen who were all around her, almost touching but not quite and she looked so blind to them it reminded me of Ramzy. The big male bird went up to her, the rest stood back when he did and deferred to him. he carefully plucked a tuft of fur, tasted it, then spread his wings and cawed loudly and the whole gang started cawing then. That was when it hit me it was probably the same male who Ramzy used to [play with. He'd be a teenager now and a big boy. He seemed to be the decider anyway and he gave her a pass. Just seeing them with her you can tell something is going on. She is so tiny compared to them, she's a black mini-lop. I've got huge respect for these birds. I put food out for them regularly these days and the magpies who also seem to be protective of the rabbits, except one new rescue who was attacking Ramzy and now Jazzy. The magpies attacked that rabbit and took out her eye, the same day I warned her they would. The magpies also warn of cats and the rabbits react to this.

it must be such a head trip for these birds being manhandled but in a gentle caring way. they probably think theyre going to die at first, when giant hands pick you up and start using tools to put tags on your feet, but they end up fine and cared for

In my country ravens and crows are symbols of intelligence and bearers of auspicious news , they have unusual memories and are highly sensitive.🇮🇷

I ALWAYS LOVED Crows since i was young growing up in Michigan and fed them. I moved to Colorado Springs and i was feeding crows and I noticed that there was two birds that were larger than the rest. It wasn't a Common Raven nor a Common Crow but another species that's both called Chihuahuan Raven that's only in Colorado, New Mexico, and N. W. Texas. I also was feeding a really big Common Raven when i lived in Pueblo, Colorado as well as a pair the male was a common Raven and the female was a Chihuahuan Raven when i was working at a rail maker south of town. I have pictures of those two and recall a territorial fight between the male and one very huge Common Raven during a snow storm and they both drove that bird away. My last memory of that pair was in March of 2014 flying wingtip to wingtip high in the sky right above us cloaking at me and i cloaked back. I moved back to Michigan and have been feeding the resident crows and have seen them at different stores and cawed at them and they answered.

One winter day from my window at work, I noticed a small group of crows riding the hot air output from a big dry cleaning facility across the street like it was a roller coaster, each one taking their turn. They would hop into it from the edge of the stack and ride it up until it ran out of lift, then fly back down to perch again to wait their turn. They did this for over half an hour before leaving together. Likely they were just keeping warm but decided to turn it into something fun. Such intelligent birds.

i enjoyed almost every second of this magnificent documentary 💖thank you from the very depths of my soul ✨ it would be so nice to never have to hear words that place other species of animals in any way below our own🌻✨ corvidae is my fave family among birds..this documentary is a true gift to anyone who adores these magestic creatures 💖thank you thank you 🙈💕

They are so damn smart. Once I had one wrapping on my chamber door. He solved crimes. Smart bird

Hi. I'm in my 70s & have fed wild birds all my life ( nature-loving grampa's influence.) I've lived in present home 24 years & alwsys fed both large & small. Good sized garden fully rewilded so vrry bird friendly. I feed hydrated dog food in large cat litter trays. To keep 100% safe I powerwash & sanutise trays daily. I watch bith sights for hours so have learned a lot. Yesterday I put out a new tray. Up till now all trays have been red, white, green & even lilac. Never a problem for jackdaws, crows, rooks, magpies, wood pigeons & blackbirds. Yesterday I put out a yellow tray for first time. Normally the birds arrive within a few minutes. I watched as usual and trees were full of birds very quickly but no birds would land on the bird table tray. They all got as close as they could but mot one bird would go take food from the yellow tray. It was a cheese sandwich day (their total fav.) but an hour lster they were all still having a tantrum re the yellow tray. I went back out and I changed the tray back to a a white one. They were on it instantly and back to normal behaviour. So - I can only surmise that it was the colour yellow that put the panic in the feeding.

Great documentary had a friend when I was younger, he thaught he was something special more than us normal kids, said he had his own raven that lived in his own back garde, he lived across the road from us I saw it and it was a crow not a raven. Where we lived then the gardens were full of ants so I think it's the ants that the bird lived on being easy to catch and in abundance he just popped it in the shed overnight keeping it safe and under lockand key.

What a terrific film! I have always admired ravens and crows, but I was not aware of their rich intermingling with earlier peoples. This filmmaker is a gifted artist and technician. I will be watching for more of his work.

Ravens have such an attitude, too cute! Love these birds!

One must really admire these special birds,,, so smart and so on touch,,,,and beautiful.too !!!! 😀👍💕

Thank you so much for this! Intriguing and fascinating. I am even more curious than before!! I loved it 😊

I fell in love with a Raven when I was 6 years old. At the tennisclub I had to play tennis every day because my father was a Dutch champion. I hate it. And there was he. The Raven of the club. I fell ditectly in love and he with me. Thanks for the ocumentary. Its necessary . Most people dont understand them. They are so intresting, beautiful and very funny. Best greetings Vlasta Leistikow from Amsterdam The Netherlands

Dang! said the US Northerner. This is a really good video. I always knew I'd love a raven once I learned the backstory. Thanks for a great video!

I lived in Auburn NY around 96 and one day the sky was filled with ravens like 5 or 6 different flocks or groups filled the skys downtown.. It was really neat and ominous.

Interesting. I live in Canberra, Australia, and the Australian Raven is extremely common here, also in other cities in the East. The adults have a pronounced hackle of feathers on the throat, and their eyes have very pale irises, giving them a look which some people think is sinister. Also, their call is very different. It's a long, low, drawn out "Aaaaaaah" sound which people new to the area sometimes mistake as human. UKposts has some good videos of these amazing birds.

I have a crow and a mockingbird that either play or taunt each other outside my house daily. Very enjoyable to observe.

Thank you for this video, I am incredibly grateful to you.

The Spoils of the Ravens. Great documentary. I learnt so much today!

Crows have extremely good memory and flocks in separate area communicate to each other. Don’t make an enemy of one otherwise they all come for you. If you ever piss off a crow and wonder why every other crow in the area seem to want to attack you after that, now you know why.

Ravens are one of my favorites of all birds!😊❤️

My mom had a raven and a baby bear. The raven was going around the small town breaking the plastic in the windows. The people in town teased the bear until he was taken to a zoo. I love ravine. Every time I see one I think of my dad.

Decades ago I visited a zoo in Chicago where a single Raven was kept in its own big cage. I kept coming back to this Raven and talking to it. And then, the Raven did a very unbelievable thing. He plucked a single feather and hop down to the bottom of the cage and pushed it halfway out the bottom slot on the cage where he held on to it. I was able to stretch and reach across the banister that was meant to prevent guests like me get to get near the habitat. I was able to stretch and reach and get that feather and we both held on to it at the same time; then he released it. To me it was as clear as could be, that he appreciated the company and the feather was a very special gift indeed. Knowing how these birds are so communal, it seems a pity that this beautiful Raven was caged by himself. But he certainly knew how to interact with the guests. --Audrey in Chicago -- ps. Is I write this I have a little 8-month-old European starlings sitting on my shoulder. I hand raised him since he was one day old, one a friend unexpectedly brought him to me. He's 8 months old now and is a phenomenal talker already and a constant companion. He flies free at my dog grooming shop at least 10 hours a day. He plays with pom pom balls and retrieves them when I toss them up in the air and brings them back to me better than most doggies. Twinkle imprinted on me and thinks I'm his mom and the dog is at the grooming shop are his flock! He takes baths with the dogs. There's so much I could tell you about him. By the way, I had him tested via blood type to find out if he's a boy or a girl when I had to take him to the avian vet because I thought he swallowed a jingle bell that he was playing soccer with across the floor. Turns out, an x-ray proved he did not swallow the jingle bell, but I thought there was a chance he did and I didn't want to take any chances on little Twinkle. I can't tell you how much I love this little bird. Twinkle even showed compassion toward a doggy when I had to pluck the hair out of the years that made the little doggie cry. Even though twinkle was in the other room, he flew over immediately to investigate what was wrong with the little doggy. He watched what I was doing and pecked my hand that was holding the tweezers, and then looked straight at me to say stop it. So, I did.

I love watching them outsmart other animals, like eagles, lol! They'll come up behind them and and yank their tale feathers and one turns around the other snatches the food

I was expecting more focus on ravens and their intelligence but the docu was mostly about various other related birds and the familiar (at least to us that have crows all over our neighborhoods) behaviors. I loved the experiments at the beginning of the docu that show how playful ravens are, how social they are (compare to say octopuses), and how well developed certain cognitive abilities are such as memory (hiding nuts and remembering where they are for months), planning, object permanence (at the beginning of the video when its toy fell into the crevice the raven was well aware of the geometry of environment), etc.

Beautiful little rascals.. thank you for this documentary 🙏👍

When I was about 12 years younger, and still able, I built my 9th Experimental Aircraft in a hanger at Palm Beach North County GA Airport. This was a "Bakeng Duce", a high wing, open cockpit, two seater. Had a Lycoming )-290-D 4 cylinder engine, turning a wooden prop. I painted it as those it were a Navy Trainer from WW II days, Chrome Yellow wing, Blue fuselage, red and white striped tail. The airplane was special, as I was building it for myself - and I had a professional flyer there constantly to supervise. This was a beautiful Raven, a champion flyer, and a thief of no small proportion. Roger, the raven, availed himself a perch on the leading edge of the wing, more importantly, a place where he could keep an eye on my toolbox. No, not to prevent outsiders from borrowing my tools, but as a place where I kept my snacks, mostly peanut butter cookies. After watching him steal the whole bag of cookies one day, I started putting tools on top of the cookie bag, but always leaving at least one out of the bag. As time went by, Roger would, from time to time, perch on my shoulder if I weren't moving around too much. Never came near when I was operating the table saw, or sheet metal brake, or welding. But he sure kibitzed when i was covering the wing, and lacing on the Dacron with a stitch every 1.5". A LOT of stitches, to be sure. Now, besides Roger the flyer, I had a couple other supervisors - a pair of Sandhill Cranes! This pair came around almost every day, mainly because I would set out a small bowl of dry catfood for them. The Dad was a magnificent creature, over 3' tall, and definitely a "boss-type" crane. If I were at my workbench and failed to see him, he would take that large beak and poke me on the back of my thigh, letting me know he was there. Sandhill Cranes are a bit of an omnivore - they would eat fishes, frogs, and MICE! Was not unusual to see him and his lady going through the marsh areas just down from the hangers, where he would catch all sorts of small creatures, and swallow them whole (he had no fingers to hold a knife and fork!). And when they had a new-hatched baby, they would bring him along to the hanger as well. So, I had plenty of supervision during the build, and on the subsequent one, an all-wood biplane two seater for a customer. So, about 4 1/2 years, these three avians would visit, kibitz, beg food, and keep me company. Ralph was up close and personal, the Crane family just a little less close. Loved that Raven, for sure!

Amazingly beautiful and smart animals!💙🖤🤍🦜 Thank you for this beautiful video ❤️

I have a cabin in the mountains. I hear crows or Ravens everyday around 4 to 5 pm

Thank you for continuing to make these documentarys. Keep them coming 🙏🏼

This is one of those videos I like before I even watch.

Very intelligent birds...they visit us at the lake...I enjoy feeding them

My friend in Sitka fostered a gang of ravens who would eat from her hand. Once I paddled from Sitka round to Hoonah via Pelican and Elfin Cove over the course of a month, lodged a couple of nights in Hoonah and returned to Sitka on the ferry. Then the conversation with my friend went: B: "what did you do with my ravens?" Me: "what do you mean?" B: "they left here the same day as you, and came back yesterday!"

I used to ask people, “how can I tell a raven from a crow by sight?” The ones who had actually MET ravens assured me, I’D KNOW.

Ravens would roost each evening when I lived in San Diego Co on the edge of the Cleveland National Forest. They were beautiful, majestic, large and noisy and I looked forward to watching and listen to their homecoming.

just today i fell inlove with ravens,crows and magipies

I would recommend ‘The Genius Of Birds’ for anyone interested in reading more about the subject, it’s a fascinating book.

Ravens are amazing. Probably more intelligent that some humans I know

In Angoon Alaska , I watched a group of young ravens play above a little cliff on the ocean. The game was to fly above, use feet to push on another's back. Most recovered quickly. But one started falling through the branches of a fir tree. As it plummeted down, head first, it spread wings briefly twice between branches. Clear of the branches, it landed on top of the cliff top, then sat still for almost half an hour.

Ravens are one of the most amazing creatures ever.