'Rare' nesting of ravens sighted after 16 years : vimarsana.com

‘Rare’ nesting of ravens sighted after 16 years
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For the first time in over 16 years, a pair of ravens has successfully nested in the government-controlled areas and specifically in the Akamas area, BirdLife Cyprus said on its Facebook page.
“It is a rare event because unfortunately the species’ population can be measured on ten fingers,” the post said.
The organisation also said that the raven has not always been rare in Cyprus. In the 1960s, at least 200 wild ravens called Cyprus home, but the use of poisoned baits in the 1980s brought the species to the brink of extinction.
“Today, the few surviving pairs of ravens on our island are...

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