At noon today there was a nice thermal over my house in Ludlowville that
a TURKEY VULTURE was circling in. I heard a croak and looked up to see
a RAVEN join the TV spiraling upward. Shortly, one of our local
RED-TAILED HAWKs joined in too. Seconds later, a CROW appeared, and
began ferociously dive-bombing the RAVEN, and ignoring the other two
potential predators. Soon three more CROWS joined the mob, and they all
went after the RAVEN, one CROW doing some absolutely spectacular
"stoops", long nearly vertical dives with folded wings like a
mini-peregrine. The RAVEN turned upside-down several times to fend them
off, but soon gave up and flew away fast. The crows chased after,
continuing to ignore the RED-TAIL and TV, who were still circling.
I am getting more suspicious that we have nesting RAVENS somewhere in
the Salmon Creek valley.
John Greenly
Ludlowville
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