Image: “Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, California 5: Where Foxes Like to Live,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 July 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

• INTRODUCTION
• VIDEO BY ALICE
  • THOUGHTS ON OUR RAVEN ALLIANCES
• CONCLUSION
• VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

This is the eighth video in the Paramount Ranch series. The full title of the video is: “Paramount Ranch 8: Are You a Wind Whisperer? ~ and ~ Five Foxes Live There! ~ and ~ Is That a Ranger? ~ and ~ Thoughts on Our Raven Alliances”

I was talking with the Coyotes and the Hummingbird had some lively comments meanwhile. The big Coyote told me about five Foxes. I got mixed up about who it was that was speaking to me (as is often the case), and Coyote concluded, once again, that I am a hopeless case of a clueless hiker.

Right clueless, I have to agree, but then again, how many hikers can talk to the Wilderlings  at all, I wonder? … Judging from youtube, more and more people these days, I am happy to say.

Then at the end of the video are my Thoughts on Our Raven Alliances. I thought it would be good to put those in because they may help city neighborhoods stay on the best possible footing with Urban Ravens as we humans become more and more fluent in the English dialects used by the various species of birds and mammals.

You may have noticed that lizards and snakes are still a mystery to me. Maybe later, in a very, very quiet place, I will begin to understand their lingos.

Wilderlings

My meaning for this word is here … https://akatawitch.fandom.com/wiki/Wilderlings …

This link is about a different sort of Wilderling (which I call ‘Otherkin‘) that results from humans doing too much shapeshifting … https://realmgard.com/2025/02/08/encyclopedia-realmgard-history-lessons-wilderlings/ …

These are not the Wilderlings to which I refer … https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Wilderling ..

VIDEO BY ALICE

THOUGHTS ON OUR RAVEN ALLIANCES

 

Mountain Ravens are not like City Ravens. Mountain Ravens often form alliances with the top local predators.

For instance, here in Paramount Ranch they make friends with Coyotes, as can be seen from this film.

In the upper reaches of Sandstone Peak Trail, which is at Circle X Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains, Ravens make friends with Mountain Lions, as can be seen from one of my prior posts.

Here in Los Angeles, the Ravens are City Ravens. We can make friends with these Ravens by carefully cultivating their friendship … as we might do with any person we hope to befriend.

One good way to do this is to offer them a little food, making sure it is food that is good for Ravens … food WITHOUT salt or sugar in it, for instance.

Another idea is never to harm our City Ravens. Never be mean to them. Never try to hurt them. Be kind to them, as we might be kind to our human neighbors and friends.

We can also set boundaries for our City Ravens, as we might set boundaries in human relationships.

We can offer them the occasional treat, but not too much food, so that they will not become dependent on us for their food supply.

If they are making too much noise, we can ask them to speak more quietly.

If they are around our house too much we can ask them to go to trees a little farther away. And so on.

Our City Ravens can help quite a lot in making our communities happy and peaceful, as Ravens are naturally happy and peaceful when they are treated kindly.

So I advise, we Ravenkin … we friends of Ravenkind … must know the true heart of the Ravens we meet.

That way we will know whether we ought to behave in a friendly way, as is the case with our Raven friends in the city, or perhaps be a little standoffish when we are hiking.

Also, when Ravens are clearly arguing or angry, for whatever reason, then the very best thing to do is to distance ourselves until they cool down and return to an even state of mind.

What do you think about this? Do you like these ideas?

CONCLUSION

God bless you all
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days!

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 3 July 2025 and published on 20 July 2025
This is a high definition film.

VIDEO CREDITS

“Paramount Ranch 8: Are You a Wind Whisperer?
~ and ~ Five Foxes Live There!
~ and ~ Is That a Ranger?
~ and ~ Thoughts on Our Raven Alliances”

By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 3 July 2025 and produced on 20 July 2025
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA

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By Alice B. Clagett

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