On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0700 (PDT), JeanineAlyse
> wrote:

> On Jun 14, 11:30*am, sf > wrote:
> > > I guess at that time in the morning the light is such that the windows
> > > act as mirrors. The bird is probably trying to drive off a rival but it
> > > takes him 20 or more thumps to get the point or perhaps knock himself
> > > even stupider.....BIRD BRAIN!
> >
> > That's what happens when you keep your windows so gol darned clean!
> Outside my living room window is a large cottonwood tree that the
> birdies like to nest in, and they quite often give a try at flying
> themselves right through the window. Makes a heck of a clatter,
> leaving an all feathers dusting of them on impact.
> Drives new roomie bonkers, so there is an in-process build going on
> that will make him quite pleased, methinks. Roomie is Bob-cat, the
> one-plus year old tiger stripe. I gave my thought to a crafty friend
> that has the tunnel, ramps and "cage" built (needs another roll of 1/2-
> inch fencing wire to finish the top platform). The 12x18" tunnel goes
> from my front used-to-be doggie door (that is simply a cut-out in the
> screened security door), along side house under the window, straight
> across through the rocked tree basin, up the trunk and across an
> angled tri-fork (of the tree trunk) and into a 10" hole on the
> platform bottom.
> All so Bob can have a great place to talk to the birds without being a
> danger to them, and so he cannot run risk of being dive-bombed by them
> or just run off into troubles somewhere else.
> ...Picky

I like your idea! I've thought about building an outdoor kitt-iary
(cat version of an aviary). It would be a huge cage with a tree trunk
and branches for climbing and snoozing. Part of it would be open air
(chicken wire) and part would have a real roof over it for protection
during rainy days outside. Mine would have indoor/outdoor access
through a kitty door in the wall of my attached garage.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.