urol@ecsvax.UUCP (Floyd A. Fried) (05/03/85)
For the past two weeks a female cardinal continues to try to fly through one of our kitchen windows. This happens continuously all day long with small amounts of time off for eating or whatever cardinals do. At first I thought she was trying to alight on a large amarylis plant and so moved it away but alas she is still trying to fly into the house. Our cat at first was amused by this but now has completely lost interest. Do any of you have any ideas what may be causing this curious behavior?
ran@ho95b.UUCP (RANeinast) (05/06/85)
>For the past two weeks a female cardinal continues to try to fly >through one of our kitchen windows. > ... >Do any of you have any ideas what may be causing this curious >behavior? Is there by any chance a mirror on the wall opposite the window? I remember when I was 6, a pair of goldfinches kamikazeed on our picture window. With the mirror behind, all they saw was "outdoors". A possible solution: Make a life-size tracing of a hawk or similar bird in black construction paper and paste it on your window. Just the silhouette should keep most birds away. -- ". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch." Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95b!ran) AT&T-Bell Labs
jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner) (05/06/85)
In article <1130@ecsvax.UUCP> urol@ecsvax.UUCP (Floyd A. Fried) writes: >For the past two weeks a female cardinal continues to try to fly >through one of our kitchen windows. Do >any of you have any ideas what may be causing this curious >behavior? We had the same problem with a robin. It was gathering twigs for a nest from the eaves trough that runs immediately above the window. It insisted on coming up from below so it could grab the twigs with its beak (no concept of landing then bending over, I guess). In the process, it smashed its wings and legs against the window every time. Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo