Nice photos of the Tower Ravens
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The other famous ravens
31-Aug-05Martel and Hawthorne
31-Aug-058 a.m. Two ravens on a telephone wire. Allopreening. One raven (?) further down the wire, preening tail feathers.
They seemed small - sometimes I am never sure, but there is something about ravens that makes it so clear they are not crows. Is it the large, sharp beak? The peaceful demeanor? But unless I [...]
Food.
30-Aug-05I have yet to see any raven with food. I have a feeling late risers like me are unlikely to be at an advantage in observing serious foraging.
The main question
30-Aug-05of the season is How many breeding pairs are there in however much of L.A. that I can manage to cover? I have read about breeding density in Germany (sparse) and on islands (very dense). Although Dr. Heinrich mentioned a breeding pair in Bern, I haven’t seen anything else. Web sites indicate that UCLA harbors [...]
Where
30-Aug-05are ravens *not* in Los Angeles? They live where I live (Hollywood), and they live where I work (Del Rey Hills/Westchester/LAX). But do they live everywhere? If I lived in Venice, for instance, would I be likely to see them every day, or with the same frequency? In the Santa Monicas you have only to [...]
Although I have excellent eyesight
30-Aug-05I’m really craving some of these.
“Soarcling” is more like what ravens and some raptors do.
Runyan Canyon
25-Aug-059-10 a.m.
Pair of ravens observed one canyon to the west, who soon moved across Runyan to station themselves in the yard of one very lucky residence that sits atop the Canyon. There they stayed in the foliage, vocalizing, leaving only once to fly around me after I had left my place watching them. They made [...]