Hi Ben,
I just saw the same thing a moment ago, except the Raven was flying _toward_
the L-P preserve (that is, leaving the nest area on a foraging mission), and
very tightly harassed by a Crow, all the way down to the WD Fire Station area.
Might even have been a member of the Crow family that's currently nesting in my
yard, since the Ravens are passing back and forth right over the Crows'
territory.
-Geo Kloppel
On Apr 11, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Benjamin Freeman bg...@cornell.edu wrote:
Hello,
I went for a nice walk this morning at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve.
Phoebes are back, Great Blue Herons are standing on nests near the fire
station (looked like seven occupied nests), fox sparrows and golden-crowned
kinglets were around, and a smattering of migrants passed overhead (common
loon, rough-legged hawk, and many turkey vultures).
One interesting observation I wanted to share: I was watching a raven fly
across the valley when a bird came out of nowhere to chase and harass the
raven. It was a crow, and the crow followed the raven until I lost sight of
the two corvids. I've seen small groups of crows harass solitary ravens many
times, but don't think I've previously seen a single crow harass a single
raven with such vigor.
Best,
Ben
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Benjamin Freeman
Ph.D. candidate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA
benjamingfreeman.com
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