An Unkindness of Raven

The horses think that the name for a group of Ravens is quite appropriate.  An unkindness of Raven.

In the winter with the packed snow, if it's not raining or snowing, I'll put the horses hay out on the packed snow, then toss their pellets on top of the hay.  They either get complete cubes which are quite large and require a lot of chewing or they get a low starch pellet which is rather small and apparently the perfect size for Raven.  Tonight they got 2 pounds of low starch pellets on each hay pile.

So, I fed and then a bit later when going out to the garage to get some thing, I noticed quite a lot of activity in the horse paddock.  I stopped and looked and saw black wings, the occasional Raven head and horses chasing them and apparently not winning.  I don't have the best of views from the garage, so after a few minutes of watching and thinking it quite funny that the Ravens were stealing the horses pellets,  I decided that I really ought to put a stop to it, since I really don't want Raven poop all over the area.

The Raven had a look out in a near by tree and I didn't get half way to the barn before they all took off.  OMG!!  There must have been 30 Ravens, the sky was black as they took off.  No wonder the horses were losing the battle.  They weren't all that upset, just irritated.  LOL, guess they didn't get a full ration tonight, may have to go toss them some extra hay to make up for it.

I'll have to stay in the barn tomorrow night and see if the Raven come again and if they do, maybe I can get a picture.  Maybe a bit hard since it will be near dark, but it would be a cool picture.