This morning on my way to school, I had a flyover COMMON RAVEN seen from the Hudson River bike path where it crosses Christopher Street. While I was walking, I heard the distinctive croaking vocalization and stopped to look up for the bird. Sure enough, I spotted it flying a little above building-height from the north west, presumably having crossed the Hudson from New Jersey and continuing to fly south east over lower Manhattan. It was showing long, narrow wings, a long, wedge-shaped tail and slower, deeper wingbeats than those of an American Crow as well as the obvious large size when compared to nearby gulls. Unfortunately, I had no camera with me to document this as I know it is a very rare sighting in this borough, especially this far south.
Alex Hale New York, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
