Some interesting remarks about new numbers of common ravens in New York...http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 . Peterjohn treats this on pp 343-44 in "The Birds of Ohio," remarking that "Common Ravens were probably the most numerous corvid (jays, magpies, crows) in Ohio when the state was first settled." The NY observer was intrigued: "The numbers of ravens coming in to these sites is astonishing--hundreds at a time on occasion. So many that they can strip a full grown deer carcass to the bones in a day. " Another observer on the NY list pointed out that "The winter courtship is well underway and nesting will start soon." Ravens used to flourish across Ohio, but as their numbers diminished they held on mostly in the NE part of the state; they might begin to be seen there more often if their range is re-occupied. Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]