Raven

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“ From a broken birch branch on a wind-blown ridge, a solitary raven takes wing, riding the stiff breeze, skillfully dipping a wingtip, falling to the heavily wooded valley far below. Calling harshly, he tumbles, and at the last moment rises vertically at a rapid rate, only to tumble to the jagged spruce tops once again. ”

An excerpt from Bill Kitzmiller's Kachemak Wilderness Notes.