Hi Ben, I just saw the same thing a moment ago, except the Raven was flying _toward_ the L-P preserve (that is, leaving the nest area on a foraging mission), and very tightly harassed by a Crow, all the way down to the WD Fire Station area. Might even have been a member of the Crow family that's currently nesting in my yard, since the Ravens are passing back and forth right over the Crows' territory.
-Geo Kloppel On Apr 11, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Benjamin Freeman <bg...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I went for a nice walk this morning at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve. > Phoebes are back, Great Blue Herons are standing on nests near the fire > station (looked like seven occupied nests), fox sparrows and golden-crowned > kinglets were around, and a smattering of migrants passed overhead (common > loon, rough-legged hawk, and many turkey vultures). > > One interesting observation I wanted to share: I was watching a raven fly > across the valley when a bird came out of nowhere to chase and harass the > raven. It was a crow, and the crow followed the raven until I lost sight of > the two corvids. I've seen small groups of crows harass solitary ravens many > times, but don't think I've previously seen a single crow harass a single > raven with such vigor. > > Best, > > Ben > > -- > Benjamin Freeman > Ph.D. candidate > Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Cornell University > Ithaca, NY, USA > benjamingfreeman.com > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
