Just now, out doing chores at our place in Mecklenburg, I watched 13 ravens drift south in a loose kettle. They were vocalizing, and doing some lazy acrobatics, but mostly just spiraling southward. We have a resident family group--and because we have a bakery on the property, with a delicious compost pile, we see a LOT of them--but I've never seen such a big group.
After a few minutes, 4 of them (I'm assuming "our" family) split from the rest and returned northward, 2 flying in a tight pair, and 2 following them. As soon as they left the group, the remaining 9 veered east, and began flying purposefully towards Ithaca. Any ideas what that was all about? Liz Brown -- 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/ --
