bird brains
The day after we got back from Oregon, I noticed that there were some funny smudge/scratch-type marks on the lower pane of a window at our house. At first I wondered what the cat had done to make them, but then I noticed that they were also on the upper pane, so he'd have to work pretty hard to do that. A closer look revealed that the marks were actually on the outside of the window. Did a whole flock of birds run into the window, I wondered, peering at the ground outside for a pile of small feathered bodies. None to be seen. Oh well, continue with morning routine.
A minute or two later, I'm sitting in a chair putting on my socks, when a sparrow lands on the window sill and starts tapping at the window. Tap tap, every two or three seconds, walking back and forth, and sometimes flying up to tap high on the lower pane or to tap the higher pane. Huh, well I guess that solves that mystery.
This sparrow has since become a regular visitor, tap tap tapping on all of our ground floor windows at the back half of the house each day. Okay, I don't know if it taps every window every day -- it seems to prefer some of them over others. It's still kind of amusing, but between the tapping and the smudges and the droppings on the sills, it's also getting a little annoying.
So, dear readers, what do you think would lead a bird to this kind of behavior? What would be a good way of gently discouraging this bird, or why should I not discourage it? Discuss.
A minute or two later, I'm sitting in a chair putting on my socks, when a sparrow lands on the window sill and starts tapping at the window. Tap tap, every two or three seconds, walking back and forth, and sometimes flying up to tap high on the lower pane or to tap the higher pane. Huh, well I guess that solves that mystery.
This sparrow has since become a regular visitor, tap tap tapping on all of our ground floor windows at the back half of the house each day. Okay, I don't know if it taps every window every day -- it seems to prefer some of them over others. It's still kind of amusing, but between the tapping and the smudges and the droppings on the sills, it's also getting a little annoying.
So, dear readers, what do you think would lead a bird to this kind of behavior? What would be a good way of gently discouraging this bird, or why should I not discourage it? Discuss.