Birdbrain

Posted: May 17th, 2010 | Filed under: Avian Obsession | Tags: | 2 Comments »

Now that this is our second Spring in the house, we are anticipating certain harbingers of the season, such as fawns and owls.  However, one event we were HOPING was an isolated incident last year, is apparently an annual ritual.  I’m referring to the antics of one Summer Tanager.

Beautiful Bird…no?

Alas, not a quick learner.

He’s baaaack.  This handsome boy has some drive, I tell ya….starting at about 5:30 in the morning, and continuing ALL DAY until dark, he flies from window to window pecking the glass….OVER AND OVER.

Last year, I was quite worried he’d kill himself from a combination of impact and exhaustion.  I’d read somewhere that certain tricks like taping pictures of owls in the windows would deter them.  So I did that, I sprayed the glass with water, I tried several things…nothing stopped him except the workmen putting up the new siding.  Too many people I guess, he was gone.  This year, we just grind our teeth and mutter from our sleepy beds…Go away you STUPID bird…..not again…

I tried to save him from himself, but as long as he thinks his own reflection is the competition for that sexy chick in the forest…it will never end. I’ve tried talking to her out in the yard, and I TOLD her, if she’d just do it with him and make a nest then maybe we’d all get some sleep.  She hasn’t listened.  With no workmen on the horizon, it will be interesting to see how long this lasts….

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2 Comments on “Birdbrain”

  1. 1 erin@designcrisis said at 7:56 AM on May 17th, 2010:

    This is so sad.

    My grandparents had a house much like yours — 70s, huge angular windows — and also had the same bird problem. Hm.

    Also, I think I just discovered why I NEED a 70s house so badly… nostalgia.

    Also, did I ever tell you how much your house tour rocked my socks off? Loved it.

  2. 2 Kelly said at 11:11 PM on July 29th, 2010:

    A children’s rubber toy snake somewhere visible under the window works for most birds that we have here in Australia. (Might not work if there are not usually snakes in your area though.)
    What an absolutely stunning bird!