For a week now, a very determined robin (male, I think) has been repeatedly flying into the windows in the front of our house. The bird flies into the glass and flutters up against it for several seconds, its wings and feet clattering on the pane. Unable to fly through or perch on the window, the robin retreats to a nearby tree branch. But after a minute or two -- thwack! -- he tries again. And again. Seven, eight, ten times. This is one persistent little sumbitch.
The robin is focused on a first floor window in the family room and a second story bedroom window. And its efforts seem to be generally a morning pursuit, anywhere from sun-up to noon. Who needs an alarm clock when the early bird crashes into your bedroom window at 7 a.m.? It's just a minor annoyance, but I'm starting to wish that Rockin' Robin would build up a head of steam and break his stupid little neck.
I've never seen this sort of behavior from a robin. It seems very odd. Perhaps some of Buster's outdoors-y, natural resources readers can explain it, but until then, I'm going with the obvious diagnosis: Bird-brain!
Probably high fermented seeds! Or it could be the bird has a nest nearby, sees it's own reflection thinks it's another bird and is protecting it's territory.
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