I found this Prairie Falcon perched on a utility pole along H80 north of Rodeo, N.M. I took these photos from inside my car and I'm pleased to report that when I left the falcon was still on it's perch (my goal is to not flush raptors from their perches). Prairie Falcons appear fairly rare at this time of year in this area per ebird and Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona. SeEtta
Recently fledged Common Raven
At the end of March this year I spotted a Common Raven going into a crevice above a rock face of a local cliff area called Castle Rock (as part of it looks sort of like a castle). I started watching this area and observed a pair of Common Ravens spending time around this location. On March 27 I spotted one of the ravens inside the crevice which now had what looked like nesting material in it--the photograph of that is the second pic here. I continued off and on to check this apparent crevice nest. At the end of May I saw what appeared to be a nestling inside the crevice. I continued birding in the riparian forest across the Arkansas River from this cliff area. When I was about a quarter mile away I heard a lot of raven racket and walked to a spot where I could see the cliff area through my binoculars. I could see a lot of raven action with the parent birds calling loudly so I expected that the nestling may have fledged or they were trying to get it to fledge. I went back t
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