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Aggressive ravens have forced a drone delivery service to pause flights altogether after bizarre footage emerged of the birds attacking them in the skies above Australia's capital.
The service Wing, run in collaboration with Google, offers Canberra residents the option to buy essential items like coffee, food, medicine and hardware supplies through a drone which drops off each package to their homes.
But lately in the northern suburb of Harrison those eagerly awaiting their morning lattes have instead been greeted by vicious ravens swooping and pecking the aircraft.
Wing has now temporarily halted flights in parts of the suburb as local bird experts investigate the behaviour of the territorial animals.
Ravens have been terrorising drones delivering food and other supplies to locked down residents in Canberra this week
Ben Roberts was waiting for his daily coffee this week when he suddenly noticed that his drone was under attack.
He managed to film the raven hanging onto the back of the aircraft and furiously pecking it with its beak.
The drone struggled to fly under the weight of the large bird but fortunately for Mr Roberts was able to deliver his breakfast before flying back into the sky.
'They are certainly very territorial at the moment,' he told the ABC.
'From their point of view,
