Sometime when I eat outside, a raven will come land by me and I will share my meal with it as a token of my gratefulness for it's help. On the astral plane and during meditation, I know when it is time to come back when my friend caws at me. Or if I feel afraid when traveling or meditating, she lands on my shoulder and touches her beak to my ear or neck. Ravens and their smaller cousins, crows, are among the smartest birds. Not only can they untie knots, they can also unzip zippers and unfasten velcro.
Ravens have a highly sophisticated language with hundreds of distinct sounds.
They are highly social birds, who mate for life and play complex games with each other. Ravens are the largest perching birds. They live all around the northern hemisphere, from tropical jungles to the snowy wastes of the high Arctic. Their high intelligence and endurance give them the ability to adapt to many conditions and eat a wide variety of foods. For years ravens were thought of as pests in the United States.