Well - that was a bit of a dead loss!
We left at the crack of dawn, which is now about 7.15 a.m., and it was still dark because of the heavy rain clouds, which did bless us with brief, intermittent spells of rain. It also was pretty cold. Well, its November after all!
No ravens to be seen anywhere when we got into the park, the same way as yesterday.
There were some calls coming from Pontcanna Fields.
We trudged through the mud to the raven field, again using the same route as yesterday.
No ravens.
When we arrived in the raven field, at the first enclosure, I could just about make out one of them sitting on top of one of the goal posts at the upper end of the rugby pitch, and then, in the gloom, I saw one at the foot of that pole.
We walked up to our enclosure, and the ravens came to greet us. It was too dark to make out which pair they were, but after throwing a few scraps I was pretty sure they were the young pair. One of them did scoff most of the food - but neither went to hide it in holes in the open ground. They also were more timid than my ravens yesterday.
While I was feeding them, two ravens flew over the raven field, from Pontcanna Field, towards the other side of Llandaff Fields. No reaction from this pair, though.
These ravens flying over us might have been my ravens ...
Having walked round the enclosure and starting to go back to the spinney, one raven flew onto one of the fence posts of the enclosure and made some lovely, soft groaks.
We left along the 'no-more-food' walk, and neither raven followed us.Bas turned up as we came to the big field: lovely and full of running. He is truly a magnificent dog!
Plans for tomorrow: same walk as today and yesterday, but start much later, to get to the little arboretum about 8 a.m., when it is much lighter.
Hopefully that is when and where we'll meet my bold raven again!
Keep fingers crossed ...
