'Raven Rick' and his flock are at home with each other at Crystal Cove

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Ravens are territorial, nonmigratory and form deep pair bonds, allowing bird fanciers such as Rick Boufford of Newport Beach to study the same birds for years. He’s not a formally trained expert, but he knows the birds' quirks. They know his. He walks beneath them. They glide above him, loosely…

It’s the time when the ravens learn to fly.

His observations tell him that eggs will appear around March and hatch in about three weeks. Ravens fledge at about five to six weeks and test their developing wings with midflight tuck and rolls.Rick Boufford, a.k.a. “Raven Rick,” points out locations that three pairs of ravens use as their territory at Crystal Cove State Park.Professionally, Boufford is a restaurateur and sommelier.

A raven is “a little bit like a cat, a little bit like a dog and a lot like an owl,” Boufford said. They’re acrobatic. They’re playful and can fetch. They have presence. Lately, the “remarried” birds have been holding uncharacteristic powwows with Gus and Lisa, crossing all three couples’ established territories. Boufford thinks the birds are using the mate changes to redistribute territory, but he doesn’t know if it’s voluntary or if they’re wired to do that.

Crows are more likely to fly in flocks. They “yap and flap,” Boufford said — their soar is not as steady as a raven’s, and they call out a piercing “caw.” The distinctive raven song is a lower, croaking “raaawk”Boufford emphasizes that these are wild birds, not pets; it’s against federal law to keep a raven as a pet. He doesn’t make a habit of touching them, though he calls them “his.”

Two weeks later, the Bouffords were leaving Sunday service at Mariners Church in Irvine when they saw a small, grounded raven in the parking lot, covered in pinfeathers but too young to fly. “I’d get up first light and play with him,” Boufford said. If he didn’t, the bird would protest, loudly.“This bird went out of its way to tease everything in the neighborhood,” Boufford said.

Huey knew the Bouffords’ car and would follow them home from above. Diana is an avid gardener, and Huey would butt into the shower from her watering cans to bathe. He’d swipe nasturtium seeds and store them about the property. They still bloom every spring.

 

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