{"id":110215,"date":"2023-02-14T04:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=110215"},"modified":"2023-02-14T04:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:39:41","slug":"common-ravens-valentines-day-love-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/14\/common-ravens-valentines-day-love-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ravens – Valentine’s Day Love Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you don’t know much about Common Ravens<\/span><\/a> you might wonder why I selected them to be the featured love birds on this Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n

\"PairPair of Common Ravens on the edge of a snow storm \u2013 Nikon D300, f8, 1\/400, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I selected Common Raven’s because when I am in the field, I almost always see them in pairs. Perched side by side on power poles, signs, tree tops, or rocky outcroppings.\u00a0 Ravens playing in the snow, foraging together, or getting into mischief. I see them in pairs. All year long, no matter what the weather conditions are.<\/p>\n

There have been times that I have sat and watched Common Ravens snuggled close together on a perch and have listened as they call softly to each other. It’s more like a whisper than a call. I have often wished that I could understand what they are saying when they do that.<\/p>\n

\"PairPair of Common Ravens \u2013 Nikon D200, f8, 1\/750, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, I saw two pairs of ravens. One of the pairs of ravens was perched side by side on a sign along the auto tour route. That pair flew off before I could photograph them.<\/p>\n

When I was driving back towards the interstate, I saw a lone raven in a tree on the riverbank and wondered where its mate was. Just a split second after wondering about that, I saw a dark form lift off from the frozen river, and I realized the mate hadn’t been that far away. The second raven flew to the tree and landed next to the raven in the tree.<\/p>\n

Common Ravens might not seem like love birds to some people. Over the years that I have been observing them, that is exactly what I have thought of ravens because I almost always see them in pairs.<\/p>\n

If<\/em> you do know Common Ravens, then you know why I featured them today.<\/p>\n

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Common Raven photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you don’t know much about Common Ravens you might wonder why I selected them to be the featured love birds on this Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,219,1022,26],"tags":[4004,970,4142,1544,3194,4257,11978,4620,2138,2139,4046,4289,4751,4509,4500,2315],"class_list":["post-110215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-common-ravens","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-close-up","tag-common-raven","tag-corvids","tag-corvus-corax","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-mates","tag-pair","tag-portrait","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-raven","tag-snow-storm","tag-storm","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-edge-of-storm-mia-mcpherson-7879.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-sFF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6622,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/21\/at-the-edge-of-a-storm\/","url_meta":{"origin":110215,"position":0},"title":"At the Edge of a Storm","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned that there had been low light, falling snow and that the weather conditions before photographing the Loggerhead Shrike and Prairie Falcon weren't great.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Snow storm approaching Antelope Island State Park in Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-3546.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-3546.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-3546.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-3546.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":969,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/09\/27\/a-nemesis\/","url_meta":{"origin":110215,"position":1},"title":"Nemesis Birds – Common Ravens","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"For a long time I have wanted images of Common Ravens, they are intelligent birds, and a challenge to photograph.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pair of Common Ravens, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-perched-mia-mcpherson-0884.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-perched-mia-mcpherson-0884.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-perched-mia-mcpherson-0884.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-perched-mia-mcpherson-0884.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4521,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/23\/common-raven-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":110215,"position":2},"title":"Common Raven in flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ravens have always appealed to me even though some people might consider them \"plain black birds\". 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