Many thanks for all the responses about the robin and its reflection! I
will relay this to Amy Calder.
On Fri, April 16, 2021 7:59 am, David Gulick wrote:
> I saw a Green Heron doing this with a car hubcap in a suburban
> neighborhood in Portland!!
>
> Sent from my iphone with auto incorrect activated :-)
>
>> On Apr 15, 2021, at 11:13 AM, Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I concur. Cardinals do this too.
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 10:39 AM <dcowan01@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>>> The generally accepted explanation is that the bird perceives their
>>> reflection as a rival bird challenging their territory. Putting some
>>> kind of temporary anti-reflective over the window usually helps. Good
>>> luck!
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: "DWilde"
>>> To: "maine-birds@googlegroups com"
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent: Thursday April 15 2021 10:31:49AM
>>> Subject: [Maine-birds] rockin robin
>>>
>>> Birding folks:
>>>
>>> A colleague wrote to me with this question. Can anyone supply
>>> information
>>> on what this robin might be doing? Thanks.
>>>
>>> "Behind our house in Waterville is a vacant house and a Robin has been
>>> flying to a second story window, fluttering against it and then going
>>> back
>>> to perch on the branch of a tree. It has been doing this, literally,
>>> all
>>> day. I fear it will die of exhaustion. It flutters all over the window
>>> and
>>> then goes back to the tree branch briefly and starts over again. Any
>>> idea
>>> what is happening with it??"
>>>
>>>
>>> Dana Wilde
>>>
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