While I was doing chores this morning (outside of Mecklenburg) I saw a wonderful interaction between a raven and my goat. I feed the crows, and it's not uncommon for our resident ravens to drop in and have a snack. This morning, as I was filling water buckets, I heard an odd, bell-like voice. It was a raven, sitting on the hayfeeder in the ram/goat pen, about 100' away. My big goat was standing with his front feet on the feeder, reaching up as far as he could, so that his nose was almost touching the raven. The raven was facing him, ruffling up his neck feathers, and gently pumping his wings - not opening them up all the way, just lifting them rhythmically up and down, a few inches away from his sides. He was vocalizing quietly - repeating a single, beautiful, metallic syllable.
I watched them for several minutes - the goat fascinated, trying to touch the raven, the raven, just out of reach, talking to him. Then the crows arrived, and the raven flew off. -Liz -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
