Just now one of these scissor tail birds kept pecking at my glass doors trying to get in

[luvMIdog]

Last edited Sat May 20, 2017, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

I wonder why?



edited to add:

OK I finally got a picture of him. I could not get one of him pecking the door. That bird is too fast. I missed shots many times- he's fast. I finally got one of him flying off after he spotted me with my cell phone.

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[Motley13]

1. He probably sees his reflection & thinks its another bird

I heard a real racket once & it was an Egyptian goose Having a real fight with his reflection in a glass sliding door,
went on for about an hour.

[luvMIdog]

3. he has come back twice pecking on the door again I'm waiting for him now to try and take a pic

dammit now that I went and got my phone to take a pic he hasn't come back ..shit.. as I was typing this he came back and I missed it..waiting again..

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

2. Brainzzz

Must have brainzzz...

[luvMIdog]

6. lol

[ailsagirl]

4. Scissor-tailed flycatcher?

You must live in Texas.

They're gorgeous!

[luvMIdog]

7. yes I do :)

[luvMIdog]

9. I finally got a shot of him & put the picture on my first post :)

[ailsagirl]

10. Wow-- pretty amazing!!

[secondwind]

5. We buried a baby woodpecker yesterday morning.

Must've crashed into our breakfast area window. It was very sad .

[luvMIdog]

8. I have stickers on the glass. He hovers he's not trying to fly into the glass thank goodness..

sorry about your experience

[lastlib]

11. years ago, when I was at camp with a scout troop....

...we had our cars parked close to our campsite. The second day of the camp, a cardinal flew in and saw his reflection in an outside rear-view mirror. He proceeded to attack that "other bird" FEROCIOUSLY! DAILY for the rest of the week! Three or four times a day, we would see him going at his mirror image *Hammer*And*Tong*!! It was hysterical to see!

One of the camp traditions is for certain people in authority in the camp to take a Native American "name." So we "named" this bird "Fierce Fighting Cardinal". Those individuals wore plastic eagle "claws" hung around their necks, and the high-up "chiefs" wore red paint on theirs. Since this bird's feet were red, we mad him an honorary chief of the camp. "Chief Fierce Fighting Cardinal."

yeah, this critter is probably seeing his reflection in the glass, and can't comprehend that it's a reflection. To him, it's an interloper in *his* territory, and he's determined to run him out!

[luvMIdog]

12. that's a fun story :)

My chihuahua did the same thing with the bottom glass oven door as she walked in front of it for a long time. She would see herself and bark and bark . My yard had really quite a few scissor tails out there today. There must be some kind of insect out there they like