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This is a rare glimpse of mid-afternoon foraging on the ground by a pair of Hollywood ravens. The parking lot was devoid of humans, and the gulls had already arrived. Ravens seem willing to move in on food if other birds are there already and there are not too many people around. [...]
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 [...]
Took a mid-morning hike through RC today, and was rewarded with ample observations, not least of which was the amusing awk! of a fledgling. Eventually his or her voice will change, but right now it sounded far more like a crow - even worse, like a raucous crow fledgling. Nearby were two others - sibling [...]
Cloudy and cool. One raven heading east-north-east at 50 ft. from direction of Park La Brea. Southernmost random sighting to date.
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 [...]
Before leaving Griffith Park on Thanksgiving morning, I couldn’t resist stopping by the dumpster outside the Greek Theater to see if the ravens’ source of free gourmet food had dried up. It sure had. That big bin was totally empty. But no sooner than I’d turned back to the car, than I heard a familiar [...]
So why are all the ravens keeping it low? Ideal soaring conditions late morning and noon, but the only birds I saw were 40-50 ft. One crossed northbound in a beeline over Santa Monica Blvd. at Sycamore, using a lot of wing power so it must have been going somewhere, and two over LaBrea and [...]
I wonder why I bother running hither and yon to see ravens - there are plenty at home. Agitated crows outside woke me up all too early, but lying in bed later, I heard that familiar rruk-rruk, no doubt from the pines above my building, and then closer - looking out the window, two birds [...]
On the way to a morning hike under clearing skies, we came across a disturbed landscape on a ridge overlooking Lake Hollywood. I spotted the raven right away, but many crows flew off (the raven did not) and answered my previous questions about whether or not they entered the hills much. I think this is [...]
