A COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax) NEST IN KEW GARDENS, QUEENS COUNTY, LONG ISLAND

摘要

A Common Raven (Corvus corax) nest discovered in the Kew Gardens section of Queens County is the first historical nesting record of this species for Long Island and New York City (Kingbird Region 10). At a New York City Butterfly Club meeting attended by Corey Finger on 8 March 2010, several members were discussing a recent spate of Common Ravens in Queens County, including a bird heard and seen in the vicinity of the Forest Park waterhole in May 2009. When Johnny Lawrenson, a naturalist from Kew Gardens, reported that Common Ravens had a nest on a water tower near his house, and had nested the previous year and fledged two young (Lawrenson, pers. comm.), his report was met with a healthy dose of skepticism. Nonetheless, Corey checked it out the following day, 9 March, and was amazed to find not only the ravens that Johnny had said were there, but also their nest!