Intelligence of Ravens

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Raven Haven said:
My old boat was christened "Raven Haven" on its first trip to Lake Powell. We came back to camp from a 6-hour hike up Cha canyon to its junction with the North Rainbow Bridge Trail, only to find about a dozen ravens having an absolute fiesta on my brand new boat! Every bit of food and drink left un-stored was sampled, including a 12-pack of hot beer (the cans rolls around the deck when punctured by a beak- I wish we had actually seen that). The deck of the boat was a guano-beer foam-Dorito-hot dog bun-Cheez-It crumb disaster! A few ravens were drunk-flying around the San Juan for a few hours, but their munchies had apparently been satiated. Lesson learned! While fishing that night from the shore, we named the boat. I no longer have the boat, but the name lives on!
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Always wanted to do that Cha Canyon hike. The lower water level now would definitely add time to it.
 
powellglass said:
Always wanted to do that Cha Canyon hike. The lower water level now would definitely add time to it.
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Actually it wouldn't add very much time at all. The relatively steep approach to Cha from the lake means the the lower water doesn't make a huge difference in the distance of the hike. Compared to when the lake is at 3600, the current lake level would add maybe 0.2-0.25 miles to your hike each way. (You can do the comparison if you compare images on GoogleEarth and Sentinel Hub.) Considering that the Cha hike is a long one (but a great one!), that's pretty much next to nothing in the big picture...
 
Birds are quite smart.....True story:
A car wash in Maryland was losing $$ and the owner blamed his employees so he set up cameras....look at the thieves....they found $4,000 in quarters on the roof and under a nearby tree.....and also found it was several birds working together!! What would they spend it on.....bird feed???? :cool:
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There is a lady here in Payson that has been working with a mated pair of Ravens for over a year. She visits them at the local park every morning. One day I stopped and visited with her on my morning walk with the dog.
She said that the male had learned to identify her car. He actually followed her home (over two miles away) and called to her from the trees in her yard. Another day she stopped in a fast food Mexican restaurant for lunch. When she came out he was sitting on the hood of her car.
 
They were known to steal the small bar soaps off of the rental houseboats at Bullfrog during clean up when the doors were left open. Apparently they were stashing them in the ceiling of the laundry room until the roof came down as the story goes.
 
Jim Sargent said:
Another day she stopped in a fast food Mexican restaurant for lunch. When she came out he was sitting on the hood of her car.
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Obviously the raven liked Mexican food.......who could blame him.......some tacos taste great......:cool:

but.......was he really waiting for a cold Tecate??

(Hope she didn't give him................Corona!!!!!

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(banned again, John?)
 
JFRCalifornia said:
Actually it wouldn't add very much time at all. The relatively steep approach to Cha from the lake means the the lower water doesn't make a huge difference in the distance of the hike. Compared to when the lake is at 3600, the current lake level would add maybe 0.2-0.25 miles to your hike each way. (You can do the comparison if you compare images on GoogleEarth and Sentinel Hub.) Considering that the Cha hike is a long one (but a great one!), that's pretty much next to nothing in the big picture...
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Yes it does sound like a long one so maybe it’ll stay as the hike of not sure I can do this anymore!
 
The last time, about 6 years ago, when I tried to hike from Cha to the petroglyphs (about a mile +or-) the side of the mountain on the right hand side (going in) had slid down and totally covered the trail. To continue we had to cross the wash several times creating our own way, mostly useing the left side of the wash. Overall the hike was much more challenging than before the slide. Chuck
 
cfulton said:
The last time, about 6 years ago, when I tried to hike from Cha to the petroglyphs (about a mile +or-) the side of the mountain on the right hand side (going in) had slid down and totally covered the trail. To continue we had to cross the wash several times creating our own way, mostly useing the left side of the wash. Overall the hike was much more challenging than before the slide. Chuck
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Thank you for the info.
 
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