Late November 2010 I heard a very distinct call when out walking part of my patch. I was crossing some fields off the Bracetown to Kilbride road when I heard the "cronk" of a raven. Now theres a very healthy population of corvids in the area and I just couldn't locate the individual responsible. I'd never had a sighting of raven in this area so I was disappointed not to have gotten a view.
However, I heard more calls throughout December and just before Christmas I seen not one but two ravens in the area. Since then I've had numerous sightings of an individual and a couple of sightings of a pair! Now this is never going to make it onto most birders best of the year, but for me its a bit of a happening, is it possible ravens could breed on my patch!! My farmland patch, not my coastal cliffs patch or rugged mountain patch.... my flat as pancake, oh; there's wood pigeon number 500 of the day farmland patch!
I had the pair again today, being mobbed by hoodies. They settled on an electricity pole and gave great views for a while. I'm lucky to have plenty of Buzzards in the area and they too get mobbed by the hoodies so I was able to get a real comparison of the size of the ravens versus the buzzards. Getting this close this regular has really impressed upon me just how huge these very powerful birds are.
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