“Self,” I said to myself, “it is Thursday. You have used up all your New York blogging material. You need something to write about.”...

Ravens fascinate people.  Their obvious intelligence, their vocalizations, their roles in the mythologies of multiple cultures, their all-black plumage, their cachet, their just plain...

I had great intentions this weekend to take one for the team. Really I did. My intent for this post was to head out...

…is this black: Don’t even get me started on Gallinule Purple! If you’re a fan of crime novels set in Scotland, you might be...

The first ever documented nesting of Common Ravens in New York City ended successfully, with all three nestlings becoming fledglings.  The happy change in...

This past weekend, in addition to seeing a cooperative Orange-crowned Warbler, I made a quick stop at the raven’s nest in Kew Gardens after...

It has been well over a month since I reported the ravens’ nest in Queens on 10,000 Birds, the first ravens nest reported in...

It’s not every day that one has a discussion about a spate of recent Common Raven Corvus corax sightings in one’s home borough.  It...