Corvid, Not Covid!
17 May 2024
I spent a while this afternoon with my camera on a tripod, pointed at the common raven's nest on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. I had thought there were two chicks but I only saw one today. Perhaps the other has fledged or perhaps it has met with some mishap. (Pictures taken the same day as mine show two chicks even more clearly than my pictures do.)
Of particular interest is this video, showing the chick engaging in what looked like eating motions. Food dropped by a parent in the third picture? Leftovers? I can't tell.
Common raven
May 17, 2024
1/125, f/11.0, ISO 1400, 800.0 mm
May 17, 2024
1/200, f/11.0, ISO 1600, 800.0 mm
May 17, 2024
1/200, f/11.0, ISO 1600, 800.0 mm
May 17, 2024
1/200, f/11.0, ISO 1600, 800.0 mm
