Out on his own

I take back one thing I wrote initially. It wasn't my husband's comment that first brought ravens to my attention. It was reading Joan Aiken's Mortimer stories to my children, Mortimer the raven. Quentin Blake was her illustrator, a favorite.

I know that scientists abhor any anthropomorphic strain in nature study. I suppose it is to some extent unavoidable and intend to stress in my blog what I call, corvusmorphosis ie. some of the raven's point of view.

Also, I have called this The Weekly Raven so as not to be pressed for daily news. Yet, if there is a daily special, I will write about it. As far as I can tell, the Grogs have begun their nesting for 2009 and laying of eggs. A.C. Grog, Esq. is on guard and hanging about their nesting area while Mrs. Sunshine Winger-Grog is hardly to be seen. I did catch a glimpse of Sunshine this morning being fed some tasty morsel by her husband. I believe this (his feeding her) only happens when she is on the nest as it were. The rest of the year she is quite capable of getting her own food.