On Sunday, in Stowe, I watched and counted 35 ravens fly overhead in a loosely organized group.  I wondered what they had been feeding on as they had a lot to “talk” about.  

Typically I see this behavior when I xc ski on the other side of the valley at Trapps Outdoor Center.  The onsite composting attracts quite a number of ravens as well as other species.

Liz Lackey

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> In early June the feast must have been yummy...Yuk!
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> Bob Yunick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Worley <[log in to unmask]>
> To: VTBIRD <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 7, 2018 4:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] raven flock
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> A couple of years ago a nearby barn fire killed a number of cows and 
> heifers.  As part of the clean up, manure and carcasses were piled in a 
> long row in a field to compost, as is the practice. Ravens assembled and 
> fed there for several weeks, often in the 20s and 30s in number.  39 at 
> a time was my highest count.  This was in early June.
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> Ian Worley
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> On 2/7/2018 3:02 PM, Donald Clark wrote:
>> Interesting. Ken Cox & I had 21 on a carcass in Chester on saturday.
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>> Don
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>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 2:31 PM, Kent McFarland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Kyle Jones alerted me to a deer carcass in a field on the south end of
>>> Prosper Road in Woodstock with a bunch of ravens on it. He wasn't able to
>>> get a good count at the time, so I visited it. They were shy and flew up
>>> upon approach by car, but Liza Morse and I were able to get a good count.
>>> There were 27 of them! Not sure I have ever had that many at one spot like
>>> that. Check out the images on our Vermont eBird checklist at
>>> https://ebird.org/vt/view/checklist/S42565205. It was quite a spectacle in
>>> the snow storm!
>>> 
>>> Kent
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>>> Kent McFarland
>>> Vermont Center for Ecostudies
>>> PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055
>>> 802.649.1431 x201
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>>> <http://vtecostudies.org/>