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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_4ciybZR78XuiBHeuIWslsQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Bruce- He's reacting to his reflection on the outside of the window. Pulling the blind inside won't affect the reflection on the outside surface - you have to cover the outside with something, at least for a little while. Even some paper and masking tape would do. Regards Peter Payzant Bruce Stevens wrote: > My parents have a male Common Yellowthroat that is repeatedly trying > to get in through (or attack) a glass window that does not open and > has no screen. It has tried this behaviour on two separate occasions, > the latest is still ongoing. I'd say he's been at it for about two > hours now with minimal interruption. A female has been spotted within > 30 feet of where this is going on. His pattern is to perch on a branch > that is touching or nearly touching the window (the plant is a > wayfaring tree if I have the name correct) and then hover for 2 to 3 > seconds will trying to push into the window. I wouldn't say he is > trying to stab at his reflection or is acting overly aggressive. Any > ideas as to what he's up to? He doesn't seem to be hurting himself - > should we pull the blind to camouflage the window's transparency? > > -- > Bruce Stevens > Maryvale, NS --Boundary_(ID_4ciybZR78XuiBHeuIWslsQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Bruce-<br> <br> He's reacting to his reflection on the outside of the window. Pulling the blind inside won't affect the reflection on the outside surface - you have to cover the outside with something, at least for a little while. Even some paper and masking tape would do.<br> <br> Regards<br> <br> Peter Payzant<br> <br> <br> </font></font><br> Bruce Stevens wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTimiMP-1O4HE2KfII5k8d8c8UcoLO6VGOxfhu58a@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">My parents have a male Common Yellowthroat that is repeatedly trying to get in through (or attack) a glass window that does not open and has no screen. It has tried this behaviour on two separate occasions, the latest is still ongoing. I'd say he's been at it for about two hours now with minimal interruption. A female has been spotted within 30 feet of where this is going on. His pattern is to perch on a branch that is touching or nearly touching the window (the plant is a wayfaring tree if I have the name correct) and then hover for 2 to 3 seconds will trying to push into the window. I wouldn't say he is trying to stab at his reflection or is acting overly aggressive. Any ideas as to what he's up to? He doesn't seem to be hurting himself - should we pull the blind to camouflage the window's transparency?<br clear="all"> <br> -- <br> Bruce Stevens<br> Maryvale, NS<br> </blockquote> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_4ciybZR78XuiBHeuIWslsQ)--
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