This little known fact explains the trails beside the highways leading to the National Parks in the mountains of Canada and the USA. This has not been written about and is not advertised for fear of terrorists taking them hostage.

If you have ever been to one of them you may have noticed the Ravens. They are in the parking lots and picnic areas. You will see them walking around bumming food, and posing for pictures. They will hop up onto the hood of your car and threaten to take a dump if you do not hand over your hot dog! BB&B, big, black and beautiful! That has been said about Ravens too.

In The Canadian Rockies a good place to view these interesting phenomena is the Columbia Ice Field stop on the highway from Banff to Jasper, Alberta. At the foot of the Glacier the Elevation is aprox. 11000 ft ASL. There are normally about 30