kar-kier

I keep getting those black and white squaky birds thumping themselves off my window. They sit on the fence between my house and next doors and fly between the two boucing their feet off the window - anybody know why?

Kareena

sonlymewalter

They are territorial and sometimes around breeding time, they see their reflection in the window and attack it

kar-kier

Ah, thank you!! That would explain it!!

sonlymewalter

A lot of people put that trellis stuff in front of windows which have a reflection so as to stop the birds cracking the glass. They're buggars those birds but only doing what's natural I suppose.

quoll

Magpie larks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie-lark

The scariest thing is when they attack your driving mirrors while you are parked at traffic lights - there is one total nutter who attacks cars exiting one of our Civic car parks.

JackTheLad

When we first put our tinted windows in, we had birds smashing into the windows every couple of weeks. It's the reflection.

But once we put blinds in, the birds could see that it wasn't sky, so they stopped braining themselves on our windows.

Now we just have 2 plovers who reckon they own our garden and attack up when we go out.

JTL

irishbloo

have the kids stuck breadcrumbs to the windows.

kar-kier

Hmm, that is the sort of thing my boys would do!!

Just checked, we're okay! The crumbs are on the inside from where my little one has wiped his hands while watching the bird!

Wol

We have kookaburras that are the thickest birds out: they will sit on the birdbath looking at their reflection, take off and fly straight into the window, fall to the ground, get back on the birdbath for a couple of minutes - and do the same thing over and over again.

sonlymewalter

lynn59

no but i have the same problem lol