The raven is back.
I spent part of my lunch hour, as I have done every day that the weather permits since starting work from home, in the backyard surveying the local birds. Mostly sparrows clustering up on the lobster traps, but then-
On the first pass I thought I was seeing the Cooper's hawk again- long, fingerlike wing feathers- but silhouetted against the sky, so it looked black.
On the second pass I knew it was black, not silhouetted, and saw the tail and thought it might be wedge-shaped but couldn't be sure. I did, however, hear the whoosh whoosh whoosh of wingbeats.
On the third I had looked up how to tell ravens from crows to confirm that ravens were the ones with noisy wingbeats, but it didn't matter, because on the third pass it croaked, very recognizably.
I assume they're all the same bird, I'm just glad to have Raven, who sets things right, here. Even just for a little bit.
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