Just for a change, it would be fun to note where I see ravens first each day.
Today, LA marathon morning, they are making a big fuss out on Billy Wilder Square. Usually that fuss is reserved for hawks, but as this is nesting season, I think it one territorial pair fussing at an interloper (or [...]
High above the LA River and the Ventura Freeway, with a fine view of Griffith Park’s TravelTown and Equestrian Center, a pair of ravens have built a seemingly precarious home on a high voltage power line pylon.
Well, not only were a pair of ravens roosting locally, but they were trying to build a nest in the billboard in the photo below.
They were at it for about a week - and then their twig-bearing flights seemed to change direction. This morning I found out why. They are building a nest on a [...]
Drove a different route to work and got to see other than Labrea ravens. There was a pair descending spiritedly over Crescent Heights and Sunset Blvd, and another soaring over the Skybar. In the afternoon, a pair over Culver City at Jefferson and Sepulveda, and simply lots of ravens to welcome me back home to [...]
Back to the GP today to see how things are going. Last Sunday small twigs were being taken up to the nest. Today it was some kind of soft-looking stuff, so I guess they are finishing up. Lots of ravens in the air over the park. Took lots of photos on film since I really [...]
Nesting season is officially underway, and I had the good luck to catch not one but two pair of ravens hard at work over the last weekend - in two different cities, too. The first pair are evidently undaunted by the heavy traffic of motor coaches driving to and from the newly re-opened Griffith Park [...]
Fashion raven / fitheach fasantaOriginally uploaded by AlasdairFitheach.
The billboard reads “hip has found a home” but I’d call that “chic” wouldn’t you? Anyway it is about nesting season, so maybe this raven is considering a condo down the street. I’d been taking pictures of it for a few minutes, and it decided to take a [...]
Thursdays I don’t go to work until mid-day. Invariably, if I am in my apartment through the morning, ravens will turn up to fill Billy Wilder Square with their charming music and conversation. In this case it is often the same raven - that’s my opinion, of course, and not a professional one, but the [...]
Wednesday morning founding me driving LaBrea south through Hollywood instead of my usual rat runs. LaBrea is actually a very good place to be in the morning if you’d like to see ravens. The first pair was hanging out near Pink’s, specifically on the large billboard just above that fine establishment. And unless they were [...]
Despite the furious windstorm in the Cajon Pass just before New Year’s, there they were, a pair of birds above the 210 at about 20 meters, managing to soarcle just to make sure I didn’t begin to believe that ravens stayed home during the Santa Ana Winds here. Ravens above the 210 along the Cajon [...]
