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Saturday, June 23, 2018
a new friend...
This raven has been picking through my trash every day for over a week. I keep finding bits and pieces on the ground around my trash cans. Putting out food every morning now to buddy up to him. Video coming soon. 103,108,80,0,B
the dove nests emptied out just in time… circle of life… "The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." PROVERBS 30:17
In Alaska a Raven would swoop around me when I was walking and then then land beside me on the high snow bank and hop along beside me and we would just talk and talk.
But one evening there was a crowd in the yard next to my place. They were around an injured Raven. One man took the Raven home and was going to call Wild Life Rescue the next day. That made me sad when I looked at the Raven and he looked at me. We did not know what happened to him. (One little girl always rode her bike there with her protective Dalmatian dog. ???)
Are Chupa or the bunnies in danger from encouraging the raven/crow?
ReplyDeleteRaven are cool. Hope you can befriend him/her.
ReplyDeleteJudy...the raven normally won't bother chickens or rabbits. Particularly if John is supplementing his diet.
ReplyDeleteJudy, this is what Cornell University has to say about Chihuahuan Ravens which is the most likely one in Big Bend area.
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Food OmnivoreOmnivorous. Large insects, cultivated grains, carrion, eggs, young birds, fruits, lizards, small mammals, garbage.
He is especially fond of eggs...
ReplyDeletethey like balls too…
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the dove nests emptied out just in time… circle of life…
"The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." PROVERBS 30:17
The Raven
ReplyDeleteIn Alaska a Raven would swoop around me when I was walking and then then land beside me on the high snow bank and hop along beside me and we would just talk and talk.
ReplyDeleteBut one evening there was a crowd in the yard next to my place. They were around an injured Raven. One man took the Raven home and was going to call Wild Life Rescue the next day. That made me sad when I looked at the Raven and he looked at me. We did not know what happened to him. (One little girl always rode her bike there with her protective Dalmatian dog. ???)
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