On 7/20 at 8:45am, two common ravens were seen and heard on Dundee Avenue in the Argyle Park section of Babylon. The birds vocalized frequently and stayed around for about 15 minutes, mobbed by jays. They then flew north over the south shore railroad line and out of sight.
I was out of town from 7/21 to 7/31, but on returning on 7/31at 7:00pm, two ravens were again heard and seen in the same general location, about 200 yards east of where they were seen 11 days earlier. Again, they flew north when departing. Given that ravens were seen in Babylon by me earlier this spring (reported to this list at the time) both in Argyle Park and in the wooded area around Southard's Pond, I think there is a strong possibility that they nested here in western Suffolk County. This location is far enough away from other documented Long Island raven nesting sites (Hampton Bays and Roslyn) that their repeated local appearances certainly give rise to that probability. Thanks, Tim Dunn Babylon, NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
