http://www.quixo.com/los_angeles_crows.htm
Crows love L.A. too. Nice interview with local ornithologist.
Where do ravens fit in? It occurred to me just now that before all the modern people showed up. C. brachyrynchos would not have been nearly as numerous in the region, and that ravens would have soared over the hills and valleys much as they still do, [...]
At dawn today in Hollywood I heard a familiar voice outside, reminding me to blog the story of what I saw in the Del Rey Hills yesterday, mid-afternoon. The Del Rey hills are the bluffs that rise above the Ballona Wetlands in west L.A., south of Marina del Rey. They have been continuously inhabited for [...]
I was almost at work, waiting for the light to change outside the gate to my university, when a crow chased a raven across the intersection at 8-10m above ground. Chased it right up Lincoln Blvd, but the last glimpse I got, the raven had got the upper hand of the dogfight.
Yesterday I watched one [...]
It’s not often I spend a whole day at home here in Billy Wilder Square. With the exception of the early morning, there have been ravens in the vicinity the whole day. There has been one vocalizing loudly nearby for the past half-hour, which strikes me as unusual, unless it actually roosts nearby. The sun [...]
In Baker, California, the ravens occupy the place of pigeons in the local, anthropogenetic ecosystem, while long-tailed grackles play the role of crow. This online slideshow from Baker gives the impression that the raven is only part of the wilderness that surrounds the town, which also claims the title, “Gateway to Death Valley.”
This observer was [...]
Runyon Canyon was a giant raven party this morning, with up to eight ravens at a time in flight above the ridges and canyons, mostly occupied in courting behavior, so far as I could tell. Various twosomes and threesomes mostly, favoring the lower ridges and treetop-filled canyons at the border between the mountains and the [...]
Sunny and warm. St. Nicholas Day.
Toddled over to Trader Joe’s, which is across the street from the movie studios built by Fairbanks and Pickford, and which are still in service. I decided to have a cup of green tea at a cafe in the little shopping center. After 10-15 minutes, soarcling ravens appeared low to [...]
Clear and warming.
Walk up to and through Runyon. As usual, ravens appear after a few minutes observation, circling a high rise and alighting on its large TV aerial. This is 7035 Hollywood Boulevard, “The Hollywood Versailles.” They remained there until I had reached the first overlook (east ridge), so for nearly 20 minutes. While [...]
Woke up this Thanksgiving morning with the rrak-ousness of five or six ravens chasing each other around my building. Unless that bird in the lead was a hawk… later I spied on over the empty lot next to the TraveLodge, and decided to grab the camera aned go see what might be on. Didn’t have [...]
Near noon inn sunny, warm blue skies over LaBrea and Santa Monica Blvd, three ravens intercepting a large hawk.
