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| Hiking along the west slope of Tortugas Mountain |
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| A view of the Franklin Mountains near El Paso, Texas |
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| A Chihuahuan Raven |
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| Raven at takeoff |
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| Tortugas from the west |
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| Becca and the new Centennial High School |
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Nevermore
As we started down out of the foothills this morning Becca and I heard a very distinctive bird call coming from the desert below. As we approached we saw two huge black birds--a little too large to be crows. One took off right away, but the other lingered at the top of a Torrey Yucca for quite some time. To confirm my suspicion that these were Chihuahuan Ravens I checked the Cornell University bird website and listened to an audio recording of the raven's call. Exactly the same as what Becca and I heard.
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3 comments:
Beautiful photos of those ravens, Packrat.
Looks like civilization is encroaching onto your own private desert wilderness, Packrat.
A Chihuahuan Raven would be an addition to my life list--lucky you!
You're right about encroachment, Scott, though this high school is pretty much in the boonies still.
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