Ravens, rinse, repeat — birds return to suburban street

When it comes to rooting out roosting ravens, never say "nevermore." So quoth the residents of a formerly quiet street in the Ottawa suburb of Orléans where the glossy black birds keep coming back despite efforts to evict them.Nestlings await the return of their parents under the protective eaves of a home on Fountainhead Drive in Orléans.

Soon, however, the birds began rebuilding under the protection of the gabled roof overhang of Dalbah's neighbour's home three doors down. This spring, the ravens adapted by hopping a few doors down to a house of the identical design — the Dalbah residence.Kevin McGowan of Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology said ravens are "permanently territorial" and tend to mate for life, so it's highly likely this is the same pair returning to roost each spring.

By the time he flew home, Dalbah realized it was too late to evict the recently hatched fledglings from their nest.As with Zaman's home a year earlier, Dalbah's roof shingles now look like they've been liberally painted in brown and white. But he's now resigned to live with the mess.By the time the chicks finally took flight one recent Saturday, the busy, boisterous nest had become a local attraction. Dalbah even joked he considered selling tickets to the spectacle.

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