Crows and Ravens are very similar, only ravens are bigger. Their heads have a slightly different shape. Thanks for your note about my upcoming talk, Raed. I'm glad you've been thinking about your vision!
This was so interesting! I never knew we had Ravens here in Massachusetts and then a bunch of them appeared 4 years ago at the beginning of the pandemic. I was outside and walking the woods a lot and heard the call of what sounded like a woman screaming. I discovered it was a Raven. They perch on a cell/communication tower near my house. I had no idea they were related to things creative and spiritual but it was during the time I "discovered" them that I began exploring mindfulness and Reiki and getting back to my writing.
That is fascinating, Doreen! Thanks for reading this and sharing your experience. How wonderful that your raven sightings corresponded with embracing energy work and a return to writing.
I have been trying to read this for the past few days, but with A&E visits, with broken thumbs and appointments I feel like every time I sit down something is calling me away… as my phone beeps, my son waiting for me to tuck him in. But Robin, I love this! It’s just what I was hoping for, to understand crow and why he is visiting me, leaving me feathers, and calling out to me on my walks. I have felt creatively frustrated for a year this October. I usually have so many projects and ideas flowing around and through me… but this last year it has been tough. I can see how crow is calling me back to home; funnily I just named my new journal Taking Action… I must go for story time, but I just wanted to say how grateful I am that you came into my world, just as crow did. And I’m so happy to have inspired you to share this post, and so very grateful for you for doing so. Thank you. ☺️ ✨ 🐦⬛
What a lovely message, Lors. Thank you! I appreciate knowing that you're finding this writing helpful. And yes, our chat about crows definitely inspired me when it was time to choose a bird for this post. (In Birdlight I write about seven. 😅) Kudos for taking time in your very full life to connect with crow and raven, with these ideas, and with your own unfolding story. ✍❤
Such a beautiful invocation of the magic of Crow and Raven, Robin, and those trickster birds. I love the implication that they are medicine birds coaxing our cowering creativity out of our shells.
I remember visiting Joshua Tree National Forest in California--it was just after the beginning of Covid, and the park was actually closed. There was only a skeleton staff of park rangers manning the park, but they allowed visitors. In the vast emptiness, what we witnessed more than other park-goers, were the"unkindness" of ravens (being from the Eastern U.S., I knew about a "murder" of crows but just learned that crowds of ravens are called an "unkindness") perched in trees and on the rocks, watching us. It was like they had taken over as the rangers and guards, watching and waiting.
On occasion, we would hear their throaty, gurgly calls bounce from tree to rock and back in a sort of relay.
Your post got me curious about the differences between crow and raven song--found this fun side-by-side vocal audition from the Cornell Ornithology Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5iippq3rA
Robin, I’m so glad you found magic and medicine in this post. Thank you for bringing your own writerly magic here, sharing your story and the link to crow and raven song!
What are the difference between crows and ravens? Aren’t they same?
About a vision
It is great to have vision and that’s so kind of you to help your fans to create clear one.
However, most of situations of business and study and jobs in some places over the world are complicate for some reasons.
Anyway, my vision is about to ease difficulties of work regarding routinely procedures through working with foreign experiences.
Crows and Ravens are very similar, only ravens are bigger. Their heads have a slightly different shape. Thanks for your note about my upcoming talk, Raed. I'm glad you've been thinking about your vision!
Can’t wait!
Thanks, that’s so kind of you!
This was so interesting! I never knew we had Ravens here in Massachusetts and then a bunch of them appeared 4 years ago at the beginning of the pandemic. I was outside and walking the woods a lot and heard the call of what sounded like a woman screaming. I discovered it was a Raven. They perch on a cell/communication tower near my house. I had no idea they were related to things creative and spiritual but it was during the time I "discovered" them that I began exploring mindfulness and Reiki and getting back to my writing.
That is fascinating, Doreen! Thanks for reading this and sharing your experience. How wonderful that your raven sightings corresponded with embracing energy work and a return to writing.
I have been trying to read this for the past few days, but with A&E visits, with broken thumbs and appointments I feel like every time I sit down something is calling me away… as my phone beeps, my son waiting for me to tuck him in. But Robin, I love this! It’s just what I was hoping for, to understand crow and why he is visiting me, leaving me feathers, and calling out to me on my walks. I have felt creatively frustrated for a year this October. I usually have so many projects and ideas flowing around and through me… but this last year it has been tough. I can see how crow is calling me back to home; funnily I just named my new journal Taking Action… I must go for story time, but I just wanted to say how grateful I am that you came into my world, just as crow did. And I’m so happy to have inspired you to share this post, and so very grateful for you for doing so. Thank you. ☺️ ✨ 🐦⬛
What a lovely message, Lors. Thank you! I appreciate knowing that you're finding this writing helpful. And yes, our chat about crows definitely inspired me when it was time to choose a bird for this post. (In Birdlight I write about seven. 😅) Kudos for taking time in your very full life to connect with crow and raven, with these ideas, and with your own unfolding story. ✍❤
Such a beautiful invocation of the magic of Crow and Raven, Robin, and those trickster birds. I love the implication that they are medicine birds coaxing our cowering creativity out of our shells.
I remember visiting Joshua Tree National Forest in California--it was just after the beginning of Covid, and the park was actually closed. There was only a skeleton staff of park rangers manning the park, but they allowed visitors. In the vast emptiness, what we witnessed more than other park-goers, were the"unkindness" of ravens (being from the Eastern U.S., I knew about a "murder" of crows but just learned that crowds of ravens are called an "unkindness") perched in trees and on the rocks, watching us. It was like they had taken over as the rangers and guards, watching and waiting.
On occasion, we would hear their throaty, gurgly calls bounce from tree to rock and back in a sort of relay.
Your post got me curious about the differences between crow and raven song--found this fun side-by-side vocal audition from the Cornell Ornithology Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5iippq3rA
Robin, I’m so glad you found magic and medicine in this post. Thank you for bringing your own writerly magic here, sharing your story and the link to crow and raven song!
I love the metaphor of the creatures, cowering in the shell. Today I will create!
That's great. I'm glad, Hugh! ✨️ 📷✨️