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The Author

This is the principal character. He is a Professor of Zoology at the University of Vermont.

Jack

This character is a raven that the author captures at the beginning of the book.

Stuart

This character is the author's nine-year-old son.

The Adams

They are the family that originally settled in the area around the author's cabin.

Ron and Syndi

These characters are the author's neighbors who live at the bottom of the hill.

The author's father

The author talks about this person in memories.

Erica

This is the author's college-age daughter who attends the University of Vermont. She visits him at the cabin occasionally.

The Winter Ecology Class

A group of about a dozen students comes up to the cabin in late December for this.

Maple Tree

The author marks the changing of the seasons with the color of this.

Ravens

The author observes these over...

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