I can see why non sceptics begin to believe in unusual things. I was just going to the movies. I was not looking for ravens, or going to the parks where I can be sure to see them… no, just driving up Fairfax, near Carthay Circle, when one flew low over the street ahead. Soon [...]
14 ravens, many juvenile, in Elysian Park just as Bill indicated, and in spite of my sceptical reaction to his report (I assumed he was seeing crows). After leaving Dodger Stadium and making my way on foot through the vicinity, I came upon the gang hanging around some picnic tables and terrorizing ground squirrels. they [...]
Opening day at the ballpark - and Dodger Stadium home to hungry ravens hoping to clean up after the fans’ tailgate party leftovers. While no ravens ventured over the stadium itself - wary, perhaps, of the raven-like Spirit of Missouri B2 bomber doing the star-spangled fly-by - one was visible in Elysian trees on the [...]
Arrived at work to find 11-12 ravens flying in a cloud at 80m or so above campus (roughly one mile north of LAX) in clear skies with a cool wind off the ocean. Shortly thereafter, a decision got made, and the flock of them sped off towards downtown LA. I couldn’t help but remember seeing [...]
I went back to Iron Mountain’s Film and Sound Archive Services this morning *with* the camera, and was amply rewarded. Ravens in Hollywood live in a rooftop world that is difficult to access without trespass or a cherry picker, but the nest keeps them close to home and pretty visible. Daddy raven likes the telephone [...]
Ravens like to nest on cliff faces, but in L.A., the next best thing is a cliff-like building. I have been keeping an eye on the massive Iron Mountain building on Highland (a.k.a. LA’s largest billboard, but home as well to Jim Henson and Dodgers archives), for some time, but had been disappointed. Until today. [...]
Finally I confirmed that Runyon Canyon is occupied by a breeding pair, after watching them collect twigs to build or refurbish the very hard to see nest in the Jeffries (?) pine at the Lloyd Wright house. While by no means the only pair of ravens with a street address, I suspect these two may [...]
Suddenly I am observing pairs of ravens near or in the Baldwin Hills on my morning commute, southbound on La Cienega. There is a county park that preserves part of the hills in the state preferred by ravens, tall trees included. Given the number of ravens running around LA this winter, it would be silly [...]
Three separate sightings of a trio or distinct trios of ravens in hollywood’s melrose district. the first one I called crazy eddie because he was trying to peck into some high voltage wires. vocalizations were audible through my earpods, or i’dve missed them. the other two showed up about ten minutes after. a crow [...]
On the way back from a delicious Indian buffet lunch in Marina del Rey, my eagle-eyed colleague drew my attention to two ravens scliding in over the rooftops of Playa Vista - avid birders that ravens are, they were probably coming in to check out the Ballona wetlands preserve. However, with the Furama Hotel, where [...]
