Walking through Hollywood on Yom Kippur in search of ravens can’t help but remind one of the appearances of ravens in the books of the law and the prophets as carried through history by the Jewish people. As I was walking west to La Cienaga and Holloway to see if that really is a full-time [...]
Biologists Crack Code of Chickadee Song
By Elise Kleeman
DISCOVER Vol. 26 No. 10 | October 2005 | Biology & Medicine
Who would have guessed that when a chickadee opens its tiny beak, it has a lot to say? Biologists studying the alarm calls of black-capped chickadees found the bird’s songs signal not only the presence but also [...]
I heard them before I saw them, as usual when I’m in the apartment. My street is lined with really tall Canary Island pines, popular with LA landscapers from the 1920s on, and I suspect that aside from their favorite billboards, the ravens hang out in the pines too (can’t see them, though).
Over coffee, [...]
Spent a bit of time this morning chasing ravens with my telephoto around LaBrea and Sunset. First from my apartment window, then at much closer range. They moved from one side of the street to the other, and then flew off separately, the second after some delay and interesting vocalizing (more of a coo than [...]
