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Babies at the PoolOur baby ravens (closely related to crows) making use of the pool ... (Click on the thumbnails for a larger photo, then click the Back button to return to this page.) This year, our ravens have reared two lots of babies, and we've shared all the major moments in their lives, from the time they first popped their little heads over the nest, until they started to clamber inelegantly up and down the branches -- in an attempt to build muscles in those skinny legs. Their first few flights were hardly the stuff of dreams, and we winced at their repeated crash landings as they gradually learnt to get their eye in judging distances for landings and take-offs. They've also learnt how to dunk their dried food scraps in the bird bath and to cool off in our pool. I worried at first that they'd drown or get sucked into the filter box, but they have smart parents who've shown them how to delicately drop their tucker into the gutter along the side of the pool if the birdbath is empty, leaving it just long enough to soften, but not so long that it disintegrates. In winter, when the pool was covered with a solar blanket, they found out how to take a warm bath. They'd jump up and down at the edge of the blanket, so that a shallow pool of water formed, then they'd splash around and have the time of their lives.
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