Johnny Lawrenson, a Kew Gardens naturalist, mentioned that Common Ravens were regular in his neighborhood and had nested last year. He provided the exact location and I went and checked it out today, and, sure enough, within seconds of arrival, a Common Raven flew over vocalizing and a second raven flew in to and sat on a nest. The first bird disappeared but the second bird stayed on the nest for the ten minutes that me, my partner Daisy, and our infant son Desmond stuck around.
So far as I know this is a first breeding record for Long Island/New York City/Kingbird Region 10 (the BBA shows none south of Westchester). I don't think it would be wise to give the exact location of a nest, especially of such a rare breeder for the region. I was so skeptical of the initial report (sorry Johnny!) that I did not bring my camera and digiscoping rig with me today but I will certainly be heading back over tomorrow to get pictures (and I will be monitoring the nest to see if it succeeds). Good Birding, Corey Finger http://10000birds.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
