Yesterday, July 13, the Hockema brothers (John and Chris) and I found 6 Common Ravens in extreme southern Chisago County. We found the birds in a dirt pasture on the east side of Hwy. 95 just 3 miles north of the Washington County border. The birds were flying around, vocalizing, and feeding together, which leads us to believe that this is a family group and that breeding took place somewhere in the vicinity.
We also found 3 more ravens flying on the north side of Colby Lake, also along Hwy. 95 just north of Taylor's Falls. Both groups of birds, and especially the first group of 6, seem unusually far south for the breeding season. I wonder if others have been seeing Chisago ravens, or if perhaps there are ravens to be found in northern Washington County. Bob Dunlap, Carver County
