Defending the West End Nest - Attack of the Ravens

[paulaeagletmomster]

Aliemae, up and through the 2007 nesting season, this bald eagle nest was comprised of 2 females and 1 male. In 2008, one of the females disappeared, and the nest is now just the remaining female and male.

[Aliemae]

I know this was a long time ago but I"ve never heard of 3 bald eagles in a nest. Was that a neighbor?

[Janntonne]

@Aliemae - This was an unusual nest in that 3 adults (2 females & 1 male) worked together to build, breed & raise chicks. The females had a few squabbles, but they continued to work together for several years until Dianna disappeared in February of 2008. I still miss Dianna.

[weatherstorms]

Does anyone know the difference between crows and ravens?

[deltaraven]

those eagles need an aa gun

[Karakatoa7]

The ravens wanted to steal the eagles' eggs?

[koravius]

No, they probably wanted to eat the eagle's food cache. Ravens are clever. They wouldn't harm eagles because they are useful to them.

[zreiscool]

why dont the eagles just kill the ravens

[koravius]

Kill the ravens? It's not that simple to kill a raven. They are pretty good fighters, you know. They have a strong beak and they co-operate when they fight. Eagles, on the contrary, are loners, except when they mate.

Also, ravens may annoy but they are not so harmful to eagles. And they are not tasty...

[zreiscool]

the eagles could kill them if they wanted too but, they would just be baited out for thier eggs. Lessons learned, i dont need one from some random guy on youtube.

[SirianKings]

A bald eagle catching a raven would be the same as a lion catching a jackal.

[zreiscool]

Eh, and i'm pretty sure a lion has caught a jackal before so, i'm pretty sure an eagle can catch a raven...

[1988RudeBoi]

@SirianKings WELL SAID!

[Proddave]

Excellent video. Go to IWS org to view this nest and learn about bald eagle restoration on the Channel Islands.