Most ravens will have chicks in the nest around the last week or last two weeks of March. Allan Trently, Seasonal Ecologist Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx >From: "Rick Phillips" <philipsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: philipsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [TN-Bird] Common Raven at Kingsport >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:56:15 -0500 > >One again I had a Common Raven in the same area as I have been seeing one >or two Ravens since December 2002. Today one raven was stealing chicken >carcasses from behind a chinese restaurant in a shopping mall next to Super >Wal-Mart on West Stone Drive. The raven perched briefly 10 feet away on >the edge of a trash dumpster and was chased in a westerly direction out >across the Super Wal-Mart parking lot and into some nearby woods by Common >Crows. There is a road (don't remember the name right off hand) running >beside and above the Super Wal-Mart leading back to Vulcan Materials Rock >Quarry. This is an extensive operation which has created many high rocky >bluff-faces within the complex. The ravens may be nesting in this area. > >All you ravenologists out there...when could we expect ravens to have >chicks to feed in this area? > >Rick > > >=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > >The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with >first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. >----------------------------------------------------- >To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: >tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >----------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send email to: >tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 >========================================================= > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================