Good morning all!
There is a raven hanging out with my resident crow family for about a month now...and they're letting it! At first I just thought it was an unusually large female crow, and that the rest were males, but I could sort of see from a distance that there was something wrong with "her" face. Then earlier today, I got treated to a close-up view, as "she" tried to steal a chipmunk from my poor cat, right in front of me. It's as big as the cat, with a beak as big as HerpDerps' head. Definitely a raven. First I've ever seen around here! When the cat decided to pick up his prize and head for the hills, the bird flew to the trees by the graveyard, which were full of our resident crows. It's their favourite meeting spot, which I find amusing
I'm calling it Poe. Bigger surprise is that the crows seem to accept it, they all act like one big happy flock. Now, if I can just get them to say "Nevermore!" instead of imitating distressed chicks and barking dogs, I'll be a lot happier. They're not even imitating real dogs (like mine lol), they imitate a neighbours' yappy little terrier
The former owners of this property called it "Raven's Roost", and I scoffed at their ignorance because the birds that nest on the silo are pretty clearly crows. I guess the yolks on me
I doubt they'll allow Poe to stick around come breeding time, but you never know.