Soaring Over the Yard, Critter

While we have had this critter as a Yard Bird* for a couple of years now,  they have all been flyovers. This is the first time they've hung around long enough that I could go inside, get a camera, get back outside, and get some pictures.

And while these aren't great images, 'blog-worthy' at best, they do document that this critter was here.

The Common Raven.

Common Ravens are not all that common around here, but numbers do appear to be increasing. I first saw them in our area back when I was doing Grassland Bird Surveys for NJ Audubon at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, just a bit north of Piney Place. And two years ago there were over twenty at Whitesbog, which is between here and the Air Station.

Noted scavengers, I wonder if they where interested in the deer? If so, they seem to have quickly lost interest, as the deer continues to lie undisturbed.

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You can find all of the Yard Critter posts listed here.

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* "Yard Bird" is a term birders use to describe birds seen or heard in or from their yard. So far, our yard list here at Piney Place is 135 species, 112 of which have visited this year, four for the first time. We first saw Common Ravens here in January 2018.