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