Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-Birds (49 page)

Neighbors, acceptance, aggression, confederation, loose, coyote, experiment of ravens’ exposure to chickens, geese, turkey, dogs, interactions, raptor associations, tail-pulling of raptors,

Neophilia,

Neophobia.
See
Fears

Nepal, ravens in,

Nest/Nestings: Arctic, building, cleaning, defense, evictions by raptors, failures, Germany, materials for lining, New England, safety and noisiness of chicks, sites, spacing, timing,

Nestlings, activity of, appearance at birth, blindness at birth, diet, feeding, identification of caretaker, human or raven, noisiness of, number of, per brood, one or two day old, rate of growth, weight,

Nest spacing.
See
Nest/Nestings; Territory

New Brunswick, Canada,

Nichols, Amy,

North Carolina, Grandfather Mountain,

Olympic National Park,

Oregon, ravens in,

Owls,

Pairing and partnerships, affectionate displays, Blue and Red partnership, brothers, mistaken pairing, cooperative teams and sharing, Fuzz and Houdi, Goliath and Lefty, Goliath and Whitefeather, group social partnerships, helpers, hunting, juvenile pairing, length of relationships, 135; loss of mate, monogamy and, pair-bonds, preening and, territorial, third bird in, Weld, Maine, nest,

Parenting, adoption of strange nestlings, cleaning up of mutes, counting of eggs or young, feeding, food provision, per day, Fuzz and Houdi, Goliath and Whitefeather, teaching young, young, forcing independence on,

Passerine and passeriformes (perching birds), carrying objects, diet requirements, nesting,

Pattie, Don,

Paunovich, Ray,

Pavelka, Mark A., xv,

Payne, Katie and Roger, xvii

Peacock, Doug,

Peplinski, Lyn,

Pepperberg, Irene, xvii

Peterson, Rolf O.,

Pfennis, David,

Pfister, Ulrich,

Physical characteristics of ravens: albino, bills, color, “ears,” eyes, mouth and tongue color, nictitating eye membranes, “pants,” plumage, throat hackles, smell of,

Pickard, Diane,

Piugaattuq, Noah,

Planning,
See also
Intelligence

Play, animal interactions and, “catch-the-stick,” flight/aerial, intelligence and, pranks, toys,
See also
Bathing

Poland, Maine,

Population of ravens,

Predators and ravens, raven-cougar associations, raven-raptor associations,
See also
Bears; Eagles; Wolves

Preening, mutual (allopreening),

Queen Charlotte Islands,

Raising and keeping ravens in captivity, cages, feeding, housebreaking, lack of, permits required, problems, as pets, training,

Range,

Ratcliffe, Derek,

“Raven and the Hunter, The” (folktale),

Ravens in Winter
(Heinrich), xv

Recognition: bills, body language and, humans of ravens, markers, pigeons, of photographs, xvii; ravens, of chickens, ravens of dead corvids, ravens, of enemies, ravens, of humans, ravens, of individual ravens, ravens, of useful raptors, self, mirror experiment, vocal signatures and,

Recruitment: bees and bee dance, conclusion, mutualism rather than reciprocity, experiment, male/female,

Reeve, Hudson,

Rehm, Walter,

Reimers, Jörg,

Relaxed raven,

Riegel, Cindy,

Riegel, Jerry,

Robin, eggs as raven food,

Roeder, Ken, xiv

Romero, Michael,

Roosts: communal, coordinated departures, recruitment from, sounds, temporary,

Rowley, Graham W.,

Rules, of behavior,

Russo, Lorenzo,

Sam, Bob,

Sand County Almanac, A
(Leopold),

Sawyer, John,

Scent,

Schaller, George,

Schaumburg, Kristin,

Seely, Tom, xvi

Sense of Place, A
(Gussow),

Sex: differentiation, 31; preferences,
See also
Female raven; Male raven

Seyforth, Robert, xvi

Sherman, Paul,

Shetland Islands, raven nests,

Shields, Lorrell,

Shubernacadie, Nova Scotia,

Shyness, 1, 15,

Sinnett, Rick,

Sitka, Alaska,

Sleep, communal roost, solitary,

Smith, Doug,

Smith, Roger,

Snakes,

Social behavior, complexity, culture, raven, friendships, helpers, juveniles, mating or nesting colony, morality, tolerance, and cooperation, murder of wild raven by captive four, retaliatory acts, socialization with neighboring birds, strangers and,
See also
Dominance heirarchy; Neighbors; Pairing and partnerships

Soldotna, Alaska, raven damage,

Sounds, reactions to,

Stahler, Dan,

Starlings,

Stork, black,

Stromboli, Italy,

Sutton, George Miksch, xiv,

Swarthout, Eliott,

Switzerland, ravens in,
See also
Bern, Switzerland

Tagged ravens.
See
Captured ravens

Talk, parrots, xvii

Taste, sense of,

Teamwork.
See
Hunting; Pairings and partnerships

Termites,

Territory, claimant of, and defense of, home, location and settlement of, range, spacing of nests, Stromboli, Italy, study of, Germany, variability of size,

Teton Park,

Thomas, Lewis,

Tibet, ravens in,

Tligit Indians, on raven color,

Tool use, xvii,

Tower of London, ravens in,

Tree, The
(Fowles),

Tulugaq,

Tunbridge, Vermont,

Turkey vultures,

Turner, Jeff,

Umiat, Alaska,

University of Groningen, Netherlands,

Uttak, Charlie,

Vagrant juveniles, Blackjack, marked wild raven pairing, play, sociability of, survival rates, travel of, sibling groups, alone, or with friends, wild raven murdered by captive four,

Valleau, Bill,

Valleau, Dana,

Varley, Nathan,

Vermont, ravens in, nest failures in,

Vienneau, Johanna,

Vikings, ravens and,

Vision, blind chicks, location of food, nestlings and moving objects, objects that attract ravens, recognition of humans and, recognition of other ravens and,

Vitelli, Tinker,

Vocalization (calls and songs), agitation, alarm, alert, anger, calling, various types, chicks, comfort sounds, context dependent, crow-like calls, egg-laying and, fear, food begging by young, food finds, xiii, gaping requests (
krr-krr
),
gro
calls, honks, human association/conversation, “I’m here” quorks, knocks, macho and male amorous, mimicking, miscellaneous, repertoires, seventeen common (chart), signaling, singing/songs, territorial, unknown,

Waal, de, Frans, xvi

Wagman, Wolfe,

Wainwright, Steven,

Wallenshläger, Dieter,

Walsh, Chris,

Weld, Maine,
See also
Maine

Wesno, Mike,

Whitesides, Gail,

Williams, John,

Wolf-birds, ravens as,

Wolves, elk kills, names of humans and, -raven association, tail-pulling,
See also
Yellowstone National Park

Woodcocks,

Woodpeckers,

Woodrolfe, Lesly,

Words: cognitive self and, consciousness and,

Year in the Maine Woods, A
(Heinrich),

Year of the Gorilla, The
(Schaller),

Yellowstone National Park: raven attack on disabled large mammals, ravenbear interactions, raven-coyote interactions, raven-eagle interactions, raven hunting teamwork in, raven toilet paper carry, raven trout fishing in, raven use of intermediaries for food, raven-wolf interactions in, wing-dipping in, wolves in,

Zahavi, Amotz,

Zone-tailed hawk,

BERND HEINRICH
is the author of numerous award-winning books, including the bestselling
Winter World, The Geese of Beaver Bag, Why We Run,
and, most recent, his memoir,
The Snoring Bird
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