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Hi Folks, sorry it's been such a long time since I last updated you all but my human is really hard to pin down sometimes and really claws don't mix well with keyboards!!!!!!

Well, I'm really getting these humans wrapped around my tail feathers, as my human sits typing this for me I am squawking VERY loudly at her, I love to wind her up by making a racket, it's good fun. I especially like to make a noise when I smell toast, yum! and when they all sit down to eat their dinner. I think She doesn't mind really and She says she really likes it when I make funny gurgling noises, one day I will surprise her and say something proper!

She is really busy just now what with handling foals, did you know foals can play football?? That was news to me! working the other horses, setting up her treatment area for her healing/complementary therapies and generally doing 'stuff' but She is very good and spending time with me too. I particularly like it when She spends time with me as I can get all superior and important as She shuts all the other animals outside!!! I always said Corvids were smarter than any other critters.

I am much happier about coming out of my cage these days you know, I've decided it's nice to have a change of scene and I don't even feel the need to get high up anymore, I'm quite content to perch on the back of the chair, I even had a go at perching on Her mate's knee the other week, it really wasn't too scary at all. I've made my human very happy recently as I've decided it's really about time I was friendlier when I'm out of my cage so now I perch on her hand and watch the world go by. I don't even mind too much when She has visitors, I've realised that these humans can't get into my cage so I know I'm quite safe. She says I still look very small and scruffy, I'm losing the feathers on my face slowly but I've finished moulting so don't know if the full scere will develop this year or not, and my tail is still very scruffy, She reckons I may have permenantly damaged my tail when I had my accident as it's still not grown back properly since I've been here, but She says She loves me just the way I am and although I may be a little threadbare around the edges I look very healty and shiny and my colours show up beautifully.

There has been a great deal of Corvid activity around here recently, there have been some really gorgeous Rooks wandering about the place, great big, glossy adult ones, She says they are much, much bigger than me but I say 'size isn't everything'! The Rooks used to only pass over on their way to and from the rookery down in the village but now they stop off to see what's what and annoy the local bird life. We've had surprise visits from Jackdaws too, we have never had Jackdaws here before so it's really nice to see them, apparently She has a couple more photos to put up of them, one is of a Jackdaw with one blue eye and one yellow eye, strange I say! The baby Jackdaws are funny, waiting to be fed although they are capable of feeding themselves. We don't know why they have decided to come visiting now when they never did before. The Hoodies are still about but they too just pop in for a visit as they seem to live in a stand of Scots Pine on the other side of the croft. They are big noisy critters but we like to see them about except for when they decide to scatter all the horse droppings before She gets them all picked up! She still hasn't been out and about to try and get photos of the white corvids as She still doesn't have a car but She is determined to get some pics someday!

She has been telling me all about Jo's batch of assorted babies and tells me the photos and videos are lovely, it's nice for us Corvids to know there are humans out there who are happy to help us out when we are in need, well done Jo!

Well I better sign off now as She still has some jobs to do apparently, my cue to start making a noise again!

Take care Corvid lovers,

Magic.