On Jun 14, 1:44*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2011-06-14, James Silverton > wrote:
>
> > takes him 20 or more thumps to get the point or perhaps knock himself
> > even stupider.....BIRD BRAIN!
>
> Never seen one do it repeatedly, but when I worked in Silicon Valley
> and became a "carpet commando", finally got a great corner window
> cubicle. *All glass on two sides and birds would slam into the
> spotless windows with fatal regularity. *Guess they saw it as a
> straight shot. *It was so sad. *
>
> Lotsa birds, here, but nowhere near as much glass. *We've had a couple
> hits, but none fatal. *Had a small owl knock itself silly on our bay
> window. *I left it alone on our deck for awhile and, fortunately, it
> regained it's senses and flew away, seemingly unimpaired. *
>
> The only real case of a bird brain was the woodpecker that decided our
> aluminum tv antenna mast was a sapling. *Banged away on that thing fer
> 2-3 weeks before finally giving up.
>
> nb

Woodpeckers attack wood - or apparently anything that looks like a
branch - because there are bugs in it. When they drum, the bugs come
out. It's hard to figure what kind of bugs would be in your TV
antenna that would make that behavior rewarding.... nutty birds. LOL.

N.