IF RAVENS ARE SO SMART…THEN WHY ARE THEY NOT HOUSEBROKEN?
alan skeoch
July 5, 2019
A pair of ravens have assumed they have the right to raise their young in our barn. This year they chose
a portion high above our prop storage shed. The nest is huge, maybe 3 feet in diameter made of sticks
so large it is a wonder the ravens could lift and weave them into a nest.
They are smart birds. They know who we are … recognize our faces …and make raucous greeting sounds
when we have the nerve to peek into the drive shed which they have claimed as theirs.
I wish they did not feed their young baby birds plundered and murdered from other birds but we, as humans,
do the same. Seems that chicken has become a main course for all of us.
But the ravens are a problem. How do I put this delicately?
Notice how perfectly they keep their feathered bodies. Very neat. Like tuxedo class of humans. Right
But they are not perfect.
“Listen, bud,” quoth the raven, “Mind your own business. We live here now.”
“Well, Mr. and Mrs. Raven, your chosen home could do with a toilet. Instead you have used
all my prize rental goods as if it was a place to slather with your excrement.”
The farm is quite pretty…complete with a hand made field stone silo dating back to 1870
Yet look what the ravens have done….
Could be worse, I guess, as the Ravens could have chosen the farm house for their summer home.
This has become their rearing shed…sadly.
Seems they also use their own nest as a toilet.
Now I must face the clean up…Yuck!