In Colorado’s mountains, really big black birds are either American crows or common ravens, both of which can be found year-round throughout the state and both of which are often mistaken for the ...

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The crow has a smaller, sharper beak and no whiskers. Curiously, that large prominent beak of the raven cannot rip, tear or pierce pelts or hides so it is a dedicated carrion eater that relies on ...

What is that bird? There are some members of the Sierra Foothills Audubon Society that can identify more than 500 different species of birds. I can usually identify about 50 or so. The nice thing is ...

DEAR JOAN: On a recent morning, my wife and I saw two ravens perched in a tree at our house. Later, some crows parked themselves in neighboring trees surrounding the ravens. We have never seen ravens ...

Editor’s note: Montana Birding is a monthly article featuring bird species of the Upper Clark Fork River Valley from Butte to Garrison. Author Gary Swant hopes the column will inspire people to take ...

Matthew Spoor of Grand Forks is a birding newbie, and he’s obviously both excited and serious about it. Here’ a report he posted last week, about identifying his first raven: “I spent a couple of ...