Some winter and nesting season foods of the common raven in Virginia

Richard F. Harlow; Robert G. Hooper; Dwight R. Chamberlain; Hewlette S. Crawford

doi:10.2307/4084558

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Some winter and nesting season foods of the common raven in Virginia

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Authors:

Richard F. Harlow, Robert G. Hooper, Dwight R. Chamberlain, Hewlette S. Crawford

Year:

1975

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2307/4084558

Source:

The Auk

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Abstract

LITTLE is known of the ecology of the Common Raven (Corvus corax) population that inhabits the narrow belt of mountains from north Georgia to northern Pennsylvania. This disjunct group is a remnant of a previously larger, contiguous population (A.O.U. 1957). To our knowledge, only one account of the food habits of this isolated population has been published. Murray ( 1949) reported the animal remains found below two cliff nests in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Included were the bones of flying squirrels ( Glaucomys volans), gray squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis), a Norway rat ( Rattus norvegicus), a Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), a Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), a Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), a snake, and remains of grasshoppers.

Citation

Harlow, Richard F.; Hooper, Robert G.; Chamberlain, Dwight R.; Crawford, Hewlette S. 1975. Some winter and nesting season foods of the common raven in Virginia. The Auk. 92(2): 298-306. https://doi.org/10.2307/4084558.