[NatureNS] Robins hitting house windows

Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:31:43 -0300
From: Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Hi Heather,

The bird is seeing its own reflection in the window so closing the blinds 
doesn't help at all.  This is aggressive territorial behaviour since the 
robin thinks its own reflection is another robin interloping on its 
territory.

Hans
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather Drope" <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:23 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Robins hitting house windows


>I experienced a robin hitting a house basement window. In fact it was just
> daylight when the hits started and went on until I went out doors to see
> what was wrong with the bird. With that the bird flew off. Shortly it
> returned to do the same thing once again.This was on the shade side of
> the house When I mentioned to my sisiter, this being her home, she said
> that it had been happening every day for about a week.
> Last evening a friend mentioned that a robin was doing the same thing at
> her basement window. Worried about reflections she closed the blinds
> and that didn't stop it. Again a robin. Sun or no sun on the window makes
> no difference to this behavour.
> Does anyone have an explanation for this strange behavour from the
> robins. I must add that both of these homes are in country settings and
> two hours from each other.
> Heather in Halifax.
> 

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