Re: [cayugabirds-l] Raven courtship
I've been getting the same thing from the Ravens here, though more business-like, not as showy, perhaps because this is an established pair...? Just now they went over quite low, in close tandem flight, making soft vocalizations. One was carrying a food item, or more likely a wad of nesting material, as they headed up toward the traditional nest site (north face of Sorry Hunter Hill, 1920' elevation) -Geo Geo Kloppel Tupper Road West Danby On Mar 4, 2015, at 12:53 PM, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu wrote: Spring around our house includes Raven courtship. -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Raven courtship
Spring around our house includes Raven courtship. I heard and saw a pair of ravens flying from _south _of Rt 79 over Goetchius Preserve and up Hammond Hill and across to Robinson Hollow ( from a field you can see and hear them from a large distance away). The entire time they flew very close to each other with twists and turns, even occasionally seeming to bump into each other, giving croaks, and the bell-like sound, which I love, and other sounds that carry for more than a mile. I've seen this performance other times and interpret it as raven love. After watching them fly for well over a mile, I have no idea where their this pair might nest. The snow is melting, and the Great Lakes ice cover has receded from nearly 90% to 77%. I got to believe that spring is coming. Cheers, John *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/!* -- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4299/9212 - Release Date: 03/02/15 -- *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/ --attachment: confer.vcf
