But here was this pair slowing walking up the drive, looking this way and that. I decided to stop and watch from a hopefully-unobtrusive spot. First, they seemed to be checking out the neighborhood; they would pause as one looked up the street, while the other looked down. Of course, I couldn’t hear their conversation. They were walking pretty close together, and I was at some distance on the other side of the street. But I could imagine what they might be saying: “Looks like a quiet neighborhood.” “Well, yes, though I do hear some dogs barking.” “Just so long as they’re not loose—wouldn’t want them hounding us.” “Oh, you…so funny!”
They strolled a little further up the drive. One stopped in front of the garage door, surveying it carefully, head tilting back and forth. The second walked on, pausing from time to time to examine the landscaping. Considering the curb-appeal of the house and its gardens, I wondered? True, there is a nicely-done small garden sited next to the front walk. But everything is so dry just now, and gray.
After studying their respective interests – garage door…landscaping – for a little while, the two rejoined, putting their heads together in a conspiratorial manner. Again, imagining, “What do you think?” “I don’t know, it has possibilities. What about you?” “I really like that tree over there, tall and it offers pretty good cover.”
The couple suddenly seemed to become aware that they were being observed. Perhaps to reassure that they had neither nefarious intent nor untoward interest in the house, they decided to leave. So they took off and flew into the tree just admired! The couple? A pair of very large ravens!
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