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Add a nest to the raven nest database

Raven Nest Observation Information Form
The Raven Management Work Group is soliciting your help to document locations of common raven nests in the Mojave Desert because of the birds’ impact on the desert tortoise, a federal and state threatened species. Should you observe a nest that you suspect to be a raven’s and are able to collect GPS coordinates or describe the exact location of the nest, please fill out a raven nest form. Questions for which you are uncertain of the answers should be left blank. Ravens reuse their nests for multiple years, thus making your documentation extremely helpful in our management efforts to protect the desert tortoise. You can view a desert map illustrating all of the raven nests documented from the combined efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services, contractors, public utility employees, state government employees, and the public by selecting the link (updated monthly).

Tips for identifying a raven nest:
Ravens typically nests in or on cliffs and trees, but will also use power-line towers, telephone poles, billboards, bridges, railroad trestles, oil derricks, windmills, communication towers, and abandoned buildings. Raven nests vary is size with a base ranging from 2 to 5 feet in diameter and a cup height of 7 inches to 2 feet high. The nest is typically constructed on platforms or wedged into the crotch of a tree, sticks are loosely stacked, and there are often rags or bits of trash intertwined as well.

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)      Select Date
Observer Name
Affiliation	BLM Caltrans CDFG City Employee County Employee Contractor DOD NPS OHV Private Citizen USFS USFWS Utilities
General Location
Street Address
Lat/Long
Easting
Northing
Substrate	Power Pole Billboard Building Joshua Tree Other
	Description: (View types of Power Poles)
Status of Nest	Occupied Empty  Unknown
Number of Adults   Number of Nestlings
Tortoise shells observed Yes No   Number of Shells
Pellets observed Yes No   Number of Pellets
Trash observed Yes No   Distance to trash  0-10 ft 11-25 ft 26-50 ft > 50 ft
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