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From: JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Robins attack my windows!
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Date: 6 Apr 90 16:29:23 GMT
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The robins might not see the windows very well--a couple of things
have changed recently.  First, the light is probably getting a
bit different from day to day and the reflections that cued them
in before might not be as visible.  Second, they're involved in
mating battles, involving lots of high-speed zigzag flying, and
in the heat of the moment might just hit the glass because they're
paying attention to other things, like that other robin nipping
at the ol' tail feathers....
 
In Panama we pasted a couple of hawk silhouettes up on the windows
of the very glassy apartment we lived in there.  This deterred a
lot of birds, but the occasional pair would try to mob the "hawk"
and bend their bills a bit....the flycatchers there are also pretty
fierce and tended to spend lots of time fighting their reflections
in the partially silvered glass.... hope this helps.
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Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056
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