9th and Flower two pair of ravens after comestibles on sire of almost finished condo hi-rise
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making the scene downtown
02-Jul-09Cloudy quiet morning
11-Jun-09Billy Wilder Square ravens perched on Coors Light billboard above motel, grooming each other, preening and looking largely content.
Downtown adjacent
05-Jun-09Two ravens at Long Beach & Washington aka furniture $ decorative arts district
Ravens looking for loft living
30-May-09At Wilshire and Park View
Westside
28-May-09Two ravens high and bearing SE over Samohi
Moving into the Hilton…
26-Apr-09Among the many billboards that dominate the scene at Billy Wilder Square is a smallish one dedicated to Perez Hilton’s “debut” book. It has also attracted the annual attention of nest-building ravens, although its quarters are so cramped that it’s difficult even for a raven to negotiate ingress and egress. (Most billboards in LA have two faces, with gangways in the middle). Additionally there is the issue of timing. All the other ravens about had put the finishing touches on their nests over a month ago. The raven(s?) of Billy Wilder Square have either started late, or just don’t quite know what they are doing, or both.
How cool is that?
19-Apr-09Just doing a little vocabulary work (other hobby) and discovered that the Welsh word for raven is literally “meat crow.” Cigfran.
Meanwhile in the Media District
27-Mar-09The nest on the side of the world’s largest billboard is definitely open for business. These would be the ravens in Hollywood par excellence. Finding a place to observe them from will not be terribly easy. Sure, I could hang out with the local teenagers at the corner mini-mall, but I would rather the ravens be the center of attention, not the bird geek watching them. I don’t think Kodak fancies me perched on their roof, even if I am a customer. It’s too bad The Corner is not on the right corner. I could sit with my coffee, newspaper and telephoto lens for hours.
The other problem of course is that the ravens often fly about and around Iron Mountain, in and out of view. And the nest itself is so high that I’d have to be a block east or more to have a decent view.
In other news, an upscale hotel for dogs has opened in the building at the base of Iron Mountain. A veritable animal kingdom here. It’s rare the resident of Hollywood who does not keep animals, especially dogs, since you can accessorize with dogs in a way that’s just not possible with cats.
High above Burbank
25-Mar-09While hiking up on Verdugo near Mt. Tongva, passed pair of birds collecting fine stuff for nest presumed to be on west face of mountain.
Batravens
12-Mar-09Drove all the way up to the top of Beechwood at the end of the day to see if the big roost was still on at the campground in Brush Canyon. Sort of. Apparently it has moved to the Branson Caves quarry - famous as the entrance to the old TV batcave. So with the binoculars I could see a party going on in the big bowl of the quarry, but could not see inside, and of course you have to drive all the way back down to Franklin to drive back up to Brush Canyon. Didnt’ really make it in time. So there you go. I did get a super-close-up look at a pair sitting atop a telephone pole near me, and for the first time really saw ravens “kissing.”