Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!iss-rb!thor!donnam From: donnam@thor.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Donna Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Ravens Message-ID: <247@iss-rb.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: 5 Mar 90 16:15:50 GMT References: <19861@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Sender: news@iss-rb.SanDiego.NCR.COM Reply-To: donnam@thor.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Donna Mitchell) Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo Lines: 21 With all this talk of Ravens, I have to tell about my guys. I have an oak tree at the end of my property. At this time of year it is hard to see the tree for all the Ravens. There are four telephone poles within eyesight. Each pole has a Raven sitting on top. We joke that they are listening to the phone calls and broadcasting the conversations. Gives a new meaning to party-lines. The Ravens come and go throughout the year. They'll be here for a couple of months, leave for a couple of months, come back for a couple.... But you always know when they're back. The caws and the blacken skies. They walk a lot. They fly down to one end of our drive way, then walk on up to the other end (.2 mi). While they are flying or sitting on the poles or in the trees, they caw. When they walk up the drive way, they grumble to themselves. Sort of "why did they make this driveway so bloody long!" They grumble when grouped together. No wonder they call a group of Ravens a "murder". That sounds like what they are plotting. Lots of fun to watch! Donna