For the photographer the Raven is a difficult bird to study at the nest. The hide has to be gradually moved into place over a number of days and Ravens are not fooled by two people entering the site and one person leaving so several people are required to walk the photographer into the hide.

The one advantage the videographer has over the photographer is that he/she doesn't have to be present to work the camera therefore the main obstacles to filming nesting Ravens do not apply. This nest was situated in a gully so I wrapped the video camera in a piece of camouflage netting and placed it on the ground on the other side of the gully. After composing the shot I pressed the record button then covered the equipment with local vegetation (leaves and fern) before retreating to a spot far enough from the nest so as not to disturb the Ravens. After the video tape had run its course I retrieved the camera and found that during the hour it had been recording the young had been visited and fed on three occasions by an adult Raven.

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