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Birds such as cardinals (red birds) and robins will dash repeatedly at their reflections in windows. Such actions occur because the individual bird, usually a male, mistakenly perceives another bird in the reflection of the window. It is territorial behavior for the bird to fight off the ‘intruder”. This behavior, if continued over a period of weeks or even an entire season, can be annoying to people, but is usually not fatal to the bird. On the other hand, when a bird strikes a window in free-flight, it does so with such velocity that the results are significantly more serious.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoRobins are quite aggressive birds and will defend there territory against another male. It sounds like your one caught site of his reflection and assumed it was an intruder. He obviously was quite determined to repel the other bird and attacked it all day. No doubt it was looking quite aggressive! He gave up at dusk either due to a headache, or more likely he was unable to see his reflection, and assumed he has sucessfully banished his foe. To stop him doing this in future, make sure you keep that room well lit, so he will be unable to see his reflection in the glass.
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∙ 15y agoWhy does the same bird keep flying into my window?"
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∙ 15y agoIs it mirrored glass ? It is probably flying into it's reflection
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∙ 14y agoBecause they can't preceive the surface of a window when it is not sufficently reflective. Also the window can reflect sky, which can mislead the bird.
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∙ 13y agoA bird's eye sight does not allow it to see a pane of glass. Or, more accurately, its brain cannot identify the window as a solid object. All it sees is the outdoors, and freedom.
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∙ 15y agocardinals are territorial,he's fighting his reflection.
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