Magpies approach the intelligence of ravens, but they're less shy (Australian ravens are very shy birds, generally, and unless they've become quite used to being fed by humans, will startle, and tend to fly away after more than five seconds of direct eye contact). So I'd say yours was waiting for food.
We do get crows in Perth, but they're way less common in the suburbs, and you're more likely to find them down south. As most corvids in Australia have white eyes (versus everywhere else, where crows and ravens have black eyes mostly), it's hard to tell them apart.
Also, it's pretty normal for there to be 'groups' of ravens at the moment, and for the next few months. Bachelor groups set up as juveniles are kicked out of the nest and out of territories - they band up together so they can force themselves into the territories of monogamous pairs and eat their food. I've seen groups of up to sixty, but smaller numbers of 10-20 are more common. They tend to be nomadic, staying for a few weeks before bombing into another territory. Eventually, they will pair up into monogamous pairs, form their own territory, and have to deal with the same shit from their own teenagers. Lol.
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Date: 2010-02-20 04:03 am (UTC)We do get crows in Perth, but they're way less common in the suburbs, and you're more likely to find them down south. As most corvids in Australia have white eyes (versus everywhere else, where crows and ravens have black eyes mostly), it's hard to tell them apart.
Also, it's pretty normal for there to be 'groups' of ravens at the moment, and for the next few months. Bachelor groups set up as juveniles are kicked out of the nest and out of territories - they band up together so they can force themselves into the territories of monogamous pairs and eat their food. I've seen groups of up to sixty, but smaller numbers of 10-20 are more common. They tend to be nomadic, staying for a few weeks before bombing into another territory. Eventually, they will pair up into monogamous pairs, form their own territory, and have to deal with the same shit from their own teenagers. Lol.
/end epic ramble.