Ravens disappeared from Alabama 110 years ago. Will they come back?

ByPat Byington
LAST UPDATED12/16/24

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raven — Common Raven. (Andrew Lydeard / Alabama Audubon)

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Alabama Audubon Executive Director Scot Duncan has two post-it notes on his office wall, where he reminds himself daily of the importance of his work on behalf of Alabama’s birds.

One note is a list of birds that are extinct in Alabama. The other has the name of a bird that no longer lives in Alabama and that he would like to bring back: the Raven.

In this first of a three-part series, we will take an in-depth look at animals that no longer live in Alabama and explore how and why some are returning.

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Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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