Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Ravens on the Roof

This weekend while I was upstairs making beds, I could hear something outside on the roof.
It sounded like Santa Clause's reindeer, but it's much too early for that so I had to go outside and take a look.
It turned out to be two really BIG, black birds. I didn't know the difference between a crow and a raven so I had to Google it.
It turns out the big ones like these are ravens. They like unpopulated areas and, did you know that ravens can mimic? They can actually learn words!
My raven couple hung out all weekend and Ray tells me there was a third bird in the yard.

My ravens haven't spoken to me yet, they just make a terrible screeching sound.

I hope they learn to talk or sing.