D'oh, we must have been looking at Torresian Crows in CH. It simply
didn't occur to me that they were a possibility, I forgot they came
down the coast. Mind you, I was thinking they looked too small and
slender for Forest Ravens :-)
Oh well, another subspecies tick that'll have to wait.
However, they didn't seem to be many Magpies and Currawongs in CH.
John Leonard
On 06/01/2008, Greg & Val Clancy <> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> You wouldn't expect the Australian Raven in Coffs Harbour as it is confined
> to the high country in north-east NSW. The common corvid there is the
> Torresian Crow. The Forest Raven was first identified near Coffs Harbour,
> at Bongil Bongil National Park, by David Secombe about 15 years ago. Since
> then I have recorded it regularly north to Moonee Beach. It can be locally
> common, especially close to the coastline but I would never have considered
> it to be the most common corvid there. In some areas Torresian Crows appear
> to be competing with the Forest Raven with the latter apparently losing out.
>
> Regards
>
> Greg Clancy
>
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