I wouldn’t say friends exactly but we have a pair of ravens that live in our yard. They have a symbiotic relationship with the cats. The cats catch mice and voles and then leave them in the front yard for the ravens, who are more than happy to gobble them up. There’s a whole unkindness of ravens that live in our woods but these two hang out around the house. In the spring there is constant squawking and chatter from them, it’s so cool to hear.
We also have a permanent resident hummingbird somewhere near the house. He loves the deck and will hover quite close to you when you’re sitting out.
And I can’t forget the flock of wild turkeys that roam the neighborhood. Every afternoon they stroll through the yard and last summer a mama and her babies were roosting in the trees out front. Around seven years ago there was a pair of albino babies born and now that flock has white feathers throughout. I have a video somewhere I should post.
I switched to vaping and thrn our vape shop introduced 0 nicotine mixes, think it is a B vitamin which gives a little boost (I forget the details). We were probably told when it happened but forgot or weren’t really paying attention. After surviving uwitting withdrawal without murder we’ve been nicotine free since and I was even able to ditch the 0 nic vape pacifier.
I wouldn’t say friends exactly but we have a pair of ravens that live in our yard. They have a symbiotic relationship with the cats. The cats catch mice and voles and then leave them in the front yard for the ravens, who are more than happy to gobble them up. There’s a whole unkindness of ravens that live in our woods but these two hang out around the house. In the spring there is constant squawking and chatter from them, it’s so cool to hear.
We also have a permanent resident hummingbird somewhere near the house. He loves the deck and will hover quite close to you when you’re sitting out.
And I can’t forget the flock of wild turkeys that roam the neighborhood. Every afternoon they stroll through the yard and last summer a mama and her babies were roosting in the trees out front. Around seven years ago there was a pair of albino babies born and now that flock has white feathers throughout. I have a video somewhere I should post.
It’s a veritable bird paradise over here lol.
I had some raven buddies when I lived in Seattle. Loved greeting them in the morning and tossing them breakfast.
We also have an itinerant hummingbee atour current home. I don’t get to see him as much since I quit smoking but the tradeoff is worth it.
Oh it absolutely is! Congratulations on quitting smoking, one day I will join you.
Edit to add: Thanks!
I switched to vaping and thrn our vape shop introduced 0 nicotine mixes, think it is a B vitamin which gives a little boost (I forget the details). We were probably told when it happened but forgot or weren’t really paying attention. After surviving uwitting withdrawal without murder we’ve been nicotine free since and I was even able to ditch the 0 nic vape pacifier.
An unkindness of ravens?
They’re not as bad as a murder of crows.
Yup, that’s what a group of them are called. I had to look it up to confirm!