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raven gathering

To: Mona Loofs Samorzewski <>
Subject: raven gathering
From: David Milson <>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 22:15:52 +1000
Sounds like an attempted murder

On 3 May 2014 18:28, Mona Loofs Samorzewski <> wrote:
>
> Hi folks 
>
> I have a question about raven behaviour: for three days there has been a 
> large group of Forest Ravens down the bottom of my block (in South Hobart, 
> adjacent to the Mt Wellington park), perched in the tops of a few trees, with 
> ravens leaving and arriving regularly. The have been calling all day, from 
> early in the morning until mid afternoon, sometimes dusk. At one point they 
> all scattered and a fast white bird shot through the trees, chased by some 
> ravens (likely a Grey Goshawk, white morph in Tas, which does occur 
> hereabouts), then they settled down again. Over the last few days they have 
> slowly dispersed. 
>
> Does anyone know what they were doing and why they gathered? Do ravens 
> migrate? Were they having a three-day conference to discuss the weather or 
> the eclipse? 
> Cheers 
> Mona 
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