[Evans, Marv]

The hawks don't pay any attention to the ravens, and the ravens defer to the hawks when they (the hawks) fly down for the food. The ravens come within about two feet, doing their sideways dance and will grab something & fly away. We seem to have a small community of ravens around here (eastern S.D. Co.). It started out with a pair and now there are about four or five. They all seem to know each other. I never see ravens in numbers like you describe here. Of course they pester the hawks while the hawks are soaring around. Ravens are great indicators of what is moving by on the property. If a coyote or bobcat comes by, they do their squawking and diving routine.