>I've just came across a message from an ecology list I subscribe to with
>an inquiry as to whether ravens are an endangered species. This is news
>to me. How would I find out for sure? Then, of course, there is the
>question of whether it is listed as officially endangered or whether
>scientists believe the species to be endangered?

In Ohio where we lived for many years the Raven had been present
historically but had been extirpated in mid-20th century. There was great
excitement in the local birding community when a pair reappeared in the
Hocking Hills (SW Ohio) and nested in the mid 1980s.

John Hirth, Viola, ID <Hirth at mme.wsu.edu>