Fwd: Common Ravens at Ledges State Park, Boone County

[Clayton Will]

There are two Common  Ravens at Ledges State Park, Boone County. This was recorded sitting at the North exit pond pull off. One was West and the other North. 

Clayton Will

Madrid

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From: Clayton Will <will...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 08:13
Subject: Raven
To: Clayton Will <will...@gmail.com>

Raven

[tony moline]

I believe these are actually hooded Merganser calls. Which given your location and setting is unquestionably more likely.
Tony Moline
Dubuque
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[Clayton Will]

Thank you Tony, 

I'll change it on eBird. Even Merlin ID'd as Common Raven and didn't show Hooded Merganser. 

I know Merlin confuses Brown Thrasher all the time for Northern Mockingbird.

There were two Canada Geese that had just predated a Hooded Merganser nest thirty feet up on a dead tree as I watched the eggshells fall. I wouldn't have thought that sound came from a Hooded Merganser but hear that it does. 

Clayton

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