Ravens
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RenoHatesMe
Since we have so many images of ravens is there anyone interested in studying them? If they were color banded on their legs for identification someone might be able to glean some good data out of these photos (and it would be more interesting to mark color bands (such as red green red left leg) than just to mark each random raven).
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BirdGrrl
scientist
in response to RenoHatesMe's comment.
The current primary goal is to look at social interactions of condors with each other but we also thought it was important to gather data on the other animals to see how condors interact with them as well as the proportion of time these other animals spend at the feeding stations. Currently there are no data compiled on how many other animals (turkey vultures, ravens, etc.) use the stations and how often compared to condors.
I can tell you from personal experience, however, that catching and marking ravens is really, really hard! They're smart birds and they're very difficult to catch. But yes, if someone were interested in studying raven interactions, it does seem like these carcasses might be good places to do so!
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