A Greek Resurrection
Or something like that. Ask Pete ~ he knows the meaning of life 
. Seriously, if you check out that link, it has some interesting stuff about them.-
Joe Kaczmarek
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bad raven, bad!
from http://www.ravensclan.org
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Courtship consists of the acrobatics I already described, after which the pair land, the male making a musical vibrating call. He carresses his mate's beak with his, tickes her under the chin with his beak, and then the two 'kiss'. Both birds of a pair combine to build a solid nest of sticks high among the rocks or in tall trees. It is lined with moss, leaves, grass, hair or wool. In late February to March 4-6 light blue eggs, spotted and blotched with brown, are laid. The hen alone incubates, being fed by the cock. The eggs hatch in 3 weeks, the nestlings being fed by both parents for 5-6 weeks. The parents roost away from the nest soon after the eggs hatch. This habit may have something to do with an old idea that ravens are unkind to their young. In the Book of Psalms it was read: "He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry.' In German a cruel mother is a Rabenmutter, and in literature and tradition ravens are alleged to neglect their young. The collective noun is rather interesting--'an unkindness of ravens'.
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Courtship consists of the acrobatics I already described, after which the pair land, the male making a musical vibrating call. He carresses his mate's beak with his, tickes her under the chin with his beak, and then the two 'kiss'. Both birds of a pair combine to build a solid nest of sticks high among the rocks or in tall trees. It is lined with moss, leaves, grass, hair or wool. In late February to March 4-6 light blue eggs, spotted and blotched with brown, are laid. The hen alone incubates, being fed by the cock. The eggs hatch in 3 weeks, the nestlings being fed by both parents for 5-6 weeks. The parents roost away from the nest soon after the eggs hatch. This habit may have something to do with an old idea that ravens are unkind to their young. In the Book of Psalms it was read: "He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry.' In German a cruel mother is a Rabenmutter, and in literature and tradition ravens are alleged to neglect their young. The collective noun is rather interesting--'an unkindness of ravens'.
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Joe Kaczmarek
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- Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:01 pm
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
Agreed Lizzy.
I have to make it clear, though, that I did not write that. I simply copied and pasted from the http://www.raven (i can't remember the address now, but I included it in the previous post).
Cheers,
Yosef
I have to make it clear, though, that I did not write that. I simply copied and pasted from the http://www.raven (i can't remember the address now, but I included it in the previous post).
Cheers,
Yosef
Yes, Yosef, I knew that by the way you presented it/how it read. I should have written my own response to make clear that I had not misinterpreted that fact. It crossed my mind to clarify it, but then thought, "ahh, he'll/they'll know that's not what I think," but obviously that wasn't necessarily so obvious. So, thanks for your clarification, in case someone else thought otherwise.