urbandinosaurs, 21 days ago

I spent a while this afternoon with my camera on a tripod pointed at the raven's nest on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. (Aside: I had thought there were two chicks, but I only saw one. Either I was wrong, the other has fledged, or it met with some mishap.) Here are two parental visits where I did not see the chick being fed—but see the video in the next post. Also note the chick playing with some dried grass.
#birds #wildlifePhotography #birdCPP

The chick has a piece of dried grass or some such in its beak, waving it around.
An adult raven is perched on the saint’s head, bending all the way forward as if it is depositing something in the nest.
The chick looking all around, waiting for a parent to come back with food.