Ravens can be bigger than Red-tailed Hawks. See https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YXdbztCICccQudIkBI868dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink.
Best, Kevin From: bounce-118619359-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118619359-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Orkin Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 8:19 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Raven inquiry Clara, I also wondered how detailed you wanted Raven stories to be. I often take my dog walking in the woods up by the overlooks at Taughannock and Ravens nest in that gorge. One of my delights is hearing them calling to each other as they fly along the river. One day one was stationary in a tree and doing many different calls, all Raven sounding but with the variability of crows with lots of vocalizations. Another time I was walking along the edge and a Raven flew below me and I realized how huge they are. According to some numbers I have read they are close to a Red-tailed Hawk size. And then another day I was driving back down rt 89 and an crow was in furious pursuit of a Raven (they will mob and chase them the same way they do hawks) and they were both kind of flying diving straight at me and the contrast in size and power was so evident. The Crow was about half the size and looked puny. When you hear them in the sky you immediately seize on that as a magic moment. Nice talking to you this morning. Linda On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Clara MacCarald <cmm...@gmail.com<mailto:cmm...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for raven stories for an article in the Finger Lakes Community Newspapers. I had a nice conversation with Kevin McGowan about the local population, but I'd like to include some anecdotes from other birders. If you'd like to tell me about ravens, please contact me off list. Any help is appreciated. Even if you only ever see crows and hear ravens, that would be interesting. Or if you found Kevin's video, Caw vs. Croak, helpful. Thanks in advance, Clara MacCarald -- ______________________________________________ Clara MacCarald Trumansburg, NY (607) 229-5789<tel:%28607%29%20229-5789> cmm...@gmail.com<mailto:cmm...@gmail.com> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Veganism is simply the acknowledgment that a replaceable and fleeting pleasure isn't more valuable than someone's life and liberty. ~ Unknown If you permit this evil, what is the good of the good of your life? -Stanley Kunitz... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
