Morning Call 1/5/13

This morning, Jen and I were awaken to cawing, and the sound of large birds walking on the tin roof over our head.  I thought the robin outside my window growing up was bad!  At the children's home, there are birds that are somewhere between a raven and a magpie.  They are the size of a raven, but have a white patch on their chest like a magpie.  The ravens generally wonder around the compound looking for things to do or things to eat.  I made a mental note this morning not to let them hear my cell phone's alarm clock so they wouldn't mimic it, and I half wondered if Jen was hoping raven was on the dinner menu as she rolled over and tried to get back to sleep.