I'm posting this message on behalf of Jay Sheppard:
I have done some research on nesting preferences for the Common Raven. An expert on crows and ravens at Cornell University advises that they readily use large trees within the forest for nest sites here in the east. They do like cell towers, dams, and high bridges, too. Nesting behavior will be starting very shortly, if not already. So if you see a pair in the same area out on the Piedmont or Coastal Plain, they may already have a nest site selected. In the early 1980s, NY did a breeding bird Atlas and repeated it 20 years later. The number of blocks with ravens went from 313 blocks to 1879 in the second--a 500% increase!! A similar explosion appears to be happening here in MD. If anyone finds a stick nest of a raven out in a tree, I would appreciate being notified: <jmsheppar...>
Thanx
Jay Sheppard
Maryland City, MD
Please contact Jay if you have any quetions.
Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD
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