As I was coming back to Freeville via Hanshaw Road (13 to West Dryden Road), there was a Raven just sitting in a tree along the road, basically in the front yard of the house or two on the W side of Hanshaw, just before getting to Niemi Road. Two crows came out from W of the house to call at the raven, which just sat comfortably. I pulled into Niemi Road to get a few photos, just to document the event of seeing a raven sitting calmly so close to a house.
And speaking of the stretch between Etna and Niemi Roads, we have a disperser crow, a young 3 year old female tagged with green tags, black letters 9U. Last year she moved from her natal area between Hanshaw and Cardinal lane, apparently finding a mate and territory between Etna and Niemi Roads. The pair are often to be seen on one side of Hanshaw or the other. BUT now that nesting is upon us, they have been hanging out E of Hanshaw, a little less than halfway from Etna to Niemi, at the N edge of the first big pasture/marsh open area after passing Etna Road going N. I would LOVE to find her nest and will be trying to watch the pair. But it isn’t going to be easy. Their territory seems to go far E and W. If anyone gets some information from them (a direct flight to near a conifer farther east, for instance?), an off-list email would be much appreciated. Thanks, Anne -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
