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Anchorage Fell in Love With a White Raven

Reports that the leucistic raven was spotted at a McDonald’s—and then later at a Wendy’s—drew large crowds.
Source: Photograph by Ash Adams for The Atlantic

Throughout the fall, a rare white raven breakfasted at a McDonald’s and lunched at a Wendy’s in Anchorage, Alaska. Photographs confirmed word-of-mouth reports; a that now has more than 20,000 followers is regularly updated with the raven’s whereabouts. On a gray weekend day in November, the bird showed up on a dumpster near the Wendy’s, then on various lampposts, roofs, and snow mounds. Each time it moved, a small group

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