A few weeks ago as Chuck and I were lying in bed on a Sunday morning we heard a crashing noise coming from downstairs. We ran down to check it out and found nothing out of place or that had fallen. A few minutes later a Robin flew into our kitchen window. It kept hitting the window and would only stop when I would open the front door and scare it away. Then a few minutes later it would start up again, flying into our kitchen window again.
This went on about the same time each day for almost a week. In fact it was happening so much that the Robin lefts its droppings behind on the brick ledge under our window.
I thought to myself, "This Robin is insane. It keeps doing the same thing over an over and I'm sure it's expecting different results." I have been going through some personal coaching and this experience struck a chord in my life on some habits and behaviors I'm working on changing. I realized that I also was expecting different results in several situations while not changing my behavior/habits; a good lesson and wake up call for me.
During that week I left my camera in the kitchen because I wanted to get a picture of the "Insane Robin" but was never able to get a picture of him. But this morning when I was getting a drink of water I heard something hit the back door and turned to see The Insane or another Insane Robin doing the same thing! My camera was still there and I was quick enough to get this picture.
I've done some research on why a Robin would repeat this behavior and found out that it is a male Robin protecting his territory from other male Robins. Did you know the were so aggressive as to fight off another male? They are; and the ones that keep hitting my windows are seeing their own reflection thinking it is another male Robin. Maybe that is why men won't wash windows...they don't want that other guy in the window to see them doing household chores.
This went on about the same time each day for almost a week. In fact it was happening so much that the Robin lefts its droppings behind on the brick ledge under our window.
I thought to myself, "This Robin is insane. It keeps doing the same thing over an over and I'm sure it's expecting different results." I have been going through some personal coaching and this experience struck a chord in my life on some habits and behaviors I'm working on changing. I realized that I also was expecting different results in several situations while not changing my behavior/habits; a good lesson and wake up call for me.
During that week I left my camera in the kitchen because I wanted to get a picture of the "Insane Robin" but was never able to get a picture of him. But this morning when I was getting a drink of water I heard something hit the back door and turned to see The Insane or another Insane Robin doing the same thing! My camera was still there and I was quick enough to get this picture.
I've done some research on why a Robin would repeat this behavior and found out that it is a male Robin protecting his territory from other male Robins. Did you know the were so aggressive as to fight off another male? They are; and the ones that keep hitting my windows are seeing their own reflection thinking it is another male Robin. Maybe that is why men won't wash windows...they don't want that other guy in the window to see them doing household chores.
2 comments:
I'm glad that you have nice, soft windows there in Emmett, Idaho.
Our windows have claimed the lives of at least 2 quail and stunned several others.
Crazy birds, I never put it together that competition may be the reason why birds flew into windows, it happened quite often when I was growing up. A good analogy. And what looks like good food on the previous post. Clam chowder is always good.
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