In the Interior, young ravens leave the nest by the first week of June. Ravens often form loose flocks during the day and congregate for roosting at night. As many as 800 ravens have been seen in one roost near Fairbanks. Ravens do not undertake long migrations like many birds, but breeding birds usually relocate for nesting each year. When not breeding they may travel 30 to 40 miles each day from roost to daytime feeding areas.
Ravens consume a wide variety of both plant and animal matter.
They are notorious scavengers and are at times predatory on small animals. They are common visitors to garbage dumps. Ravens will hide or cache food supplies. They also have the habit, like most hawks and owls, of regurgitating undigestible food in the form of a pellet. Ravens disobeyed Noah during the great flood by failing to return to the ark after being sent to search for land.