I wouldn't really say I rehab corvids. I just can't say no to a corvid in need. I'm in the UK and the majority of my birds are rooks. I would think my babies are probably at the same sort of stage as your ravens. They are so demanding and naughty, but totally enchanting!

Indoors we have Ro (female carrion crow, age 6, one leg, cannot fly) and Izzy (free-flying male jackdaw, age 3, imprinted on humans, but very much in love with Ro). The amount of trouble Izzy causes is out of all proportion to his size.

In one aviary outdoors we have Pex (female carrion crow, age 8, tame, excellent mimic, can be loving towards me, but can also be aggressive, both to me and other birds - hence she has her own aviary!). Originally she had a feathering problem and couldn't fly, but is fine now.

In Ro and Izzy's garden aviary, currently we have youngsters Zebedee and Dylan (rooks, very clingy and noisy, have been in captivity since the nestling stage), Dexter (baby carrion crow) and recent arrival "Ted, the Crow of Doom" (a baby rook, weaned, unlike the other babies, and on antibiotics) . Dexter is currently at large in the garden, having escaped from the aviary the day before yesterday. We're feeding him by hand, but he won't let us grab him.

Then, in the bigger aviary/shed we have rooky lovers BigBird and Oscar (both age 8, and devoted to each other), Sayap (female rook, age 2), Kazoo (rook, age 1) Munchie (carrion crow, also one of last year's young) and Florence (rook, one of this year's young). All the babies were originally going to be transferred to the bigger aviary, but BigBird and Oscar have said "No, we don't want anyone else in here", so until the avairy has been extended Ro and Izz are aviaryless! Not that it matters too much as Izzy flies where he will, and Ro cannot fly at all, so they have a temporary pen on the lawn - or at least they do when I haven't got a baby crow loose, as Izzy is very territorial and chases other birds out of his garden. Pics of BigBird and Oscar (female, like your Jack!), and Sayap - the tamest of the outdoor group.

No rats, but we do have four cats! They are all surprisingly good with the crows and don't seem to view them as potential prey.

I look forward to hearing about your day to day interactions. Every day this lot teach me something new about corvids.

Mon