Dave -; I have regularly been seeing a pair of Common Ravens at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle (as recently as a couple of days ago), and I believe there is another pair at the Union Bay Natural Area ("Montlake Fill"). I need to watch for the fledglings!

Doug Santoni
Seattle



> On May 10, 2020, at 12:00 PM, Dave Slager <dave.slager at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Tweeters,

>

> On our way home from Magnuson park this morning we found a begging

> Common Raven fledgling along the Burke Gilman Trail at NE 60th St,

> getting mobbed by a tree full of crows. The word "fledgling" seems odd

> to use to describe such a beast, but that's what it was, the largest

> passerine fledgling in the world. It was giving the characteristic

> raven begging call and had a pronounced pink gape line and pink roof

> of the mouth. There were a lot of people on the trail so we didn't

> stay long enough to observe any adults and/or siblings, but it's at

> least proof that ravens are successfully nesting somewhere in the

> area.

>

> Dave Slager

> Seattle, WA

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