We love this sort of news
Posted by ravens at March 20th, 2011
We should probably be grateful that birds do not have opposable digits…
Dr. John Marzluff to speak in Los Angeles in May
Posted by ravens at March 5th, 2011
http://www.environment.ucla.edu/calendar/showevent.asp?eventid=474
There are ravens living at
Posted by ravens at February 14th, 2011
Wilsher and Federal. I can feel it in my bones.
Apple Street Update
Posted by ravens at February 12th, 2011
I really love it when proverbs come true, and “third time’s the charm” was the charm on my third visit to Apple Street to see if anyone was home. And they were. If they are planning to nest, they are not sitting yet. This makes me wonder. Picture from 2008.
Being a foodie isn’t just for urban primates
Posted by ravens at October 18th, 2010
Ravens in downtown LA are enjoying a gourmet snack – Vaux’s Swifts. These visitors to LA are vulnerable as they come and go from their chimney. The LA Weekly blog has the story.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/outdoors/vaux-swifts-birds-over-broadwa/
Richly deserved
Posted by ravens at June 14th, 2010
Crow Planet and its author win the 2010 Sigurd Olsen Nature Writing Award! Congratulations, Lyanda Lynn Haupt.
Nesting 2010
Posted by ravens at February 16th, 2010
No sooner do I mention the impending nesting season, then what do I see first thing out the door this morning? The Billy Wilder ravens building a nest in their favorite billboard – the one above the Mashti Malone ice cream store sign.
In the meantime, the bus has broken down next to Pink’s – sadly, too early for lunch. Ravens frequent this intersection, too. There’s one in a nearby palm tree just now.
Just in time for the nesting season
Posted by ravens at February 16th, 2010
I know I should be blogging about caching behavior and the impending breeding season, but SurlyRamics has just produced these fantastic pieces.
http://tweetphoto.com/11547923
Public Art on Public Transportation
Posted by ravens at February 5th, 2010
Nice to see this decorative motif on the Orange Line in the San Fernando Valley.
Ravens in Camelot
Posted by ravens at January 5th, 2010
Who are we to argue?
“January 6 – 9, 2010: The original Renaissance Pleasure Faire will transform the Egyptian Theatre’s Courtyard into an Elizabethan Village with food, vendors, craft demos and entertainment from the time of King and Queens. Inside the King’s Palace (or should we say the Pharoah’s Palace) tales of knighthood, quests for riches, revenge and revelry, not to mention a smattering of faeries, serpents and ravens will unspool on the giant screen…”