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Re: Ravens Around the Capital Beltway

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Warblerick

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Warblerick

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Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:44:17 -0400

Hi Andy,
 I have also seen and heard them on my sector of the Sugarloaf CBC, the area of the canal between the Dickerson Conservation park and Monocacy Bottom road,in western Montgomery County, almost every year for the past 5 years or more.

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD






-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Martin <>
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Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 4:13 pm
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ravens Around the Capital Beltway


Raven fans,
I feel like I had a raven or two almost every time I have been out birding
n western Mont Co over last month. Sightings stretch from up near Dickerson
own towards Hughes Hollow. Even had one go over my house in Sep. Saw one
oday at Sugarland Special Park. Not sure its same birds covering a lot of
erritory or multiples of birds. Most I have seen at one time is 2.
Andy Martin
aithersburg

n Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Jim Moore <>wrote:
> Gary,

 Here is a link to an eBird map showing Raven sightings in MD, DC & VA.


 http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?speciesCodes=comrav&reportType=species&bMonth=01&bYear=1900&eMonth=12&eYear=2010&countries=US&states=US-DC&states=US-MD&states=US-VA&getLocations=states&continue.x=81&continue.y=9&continue=t

  You can zoom in to see more detail in the DC area (ballons with +
 signs indicate multiple observations).

  As you can see Raven sightings are widespread in western and northern
 parts of the greater DC area, including No. Va and Montgomery Co., but
 rapidly taper off as one moves south and east, which appears to be the
 current limit of their range.  Ebird sightings don't go back far
 enough (yet) to see the range expansion over the past few decades, but
 it is my understanding that there has been considerable range
 expansion throughout the Northeast in that time.

 Jim Moore
 Rockville, MD

 On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Gary Nelson <>
 wrote:
 > I have seen second raven in Tyson's Corner in the past six weeks, which
 is
 > pretty good considering I have been out of Washington for all but a few
 days
 > during this period.
 >
 >
 >
 > What is the range and likely population of ravens in the Piedmont and
 > Coastal Plain in the Mid-Atlantic? Twenty-five years ago they were only
 on
 > Sugarloaf Mt.  Now I understand there is a population at Little Bennett
 > Regional Park.  Where else?  Or, am I just missing the fact that folks
 are
 > seeing them every day and everywhere?
 >
 >
 >
 > Gary Nelson
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >