Hi! I'm Tippi Hedron!

[danceswithgary]

I'm living in mini version of the The Birds right now and it's starting to freak me out.

Last week, a robin decided it was going to fly through the picture window in our kitchen. Thank goodness there's a lilac bush in front of it that prevented him building up enough speed to kill himself, but not for the lack of trying. All day long. Closing the blinds to reduce a non-existent reflection didn't help. He was obviously being driven mad by something.

Yesterday, a lovely little male goldfinch decided he wanted in. He's tried every window in the front of the house multiple times and he woke us up this morning trying to get in through the bedroom window. We have video of this now. Again, the blinds are down and it's drizzling out. No freaking reflections! In between trying to fly through the windows, he's sitting in the maple tree out front and being the loudest goldfinch we've ever had around our house. I'm sitting in my livingroom and I can hear him banging on the windows upstairs.

I wonder if it's safe to walk up the driveway and get the mail. *raises eyebrows*

Comments

[morganichele.livejournal.com]

Oh NO! lol.

[danceswithgary]

It's still out there. I just know I'm going to go out a find a little yellow body because it finally managed to bash it's tiny little brain to bits. *sniff*

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you've got some very confused birdies around your house. *grins*

[danceswithgary]

They loooove me, and not in a good way. Eeep!

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

If you ever come to south/central Texas, I just want to warn you. The grackles (http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/GrackleCommonFlock01.jpg) really aren't out to get you.

They do that to everyone. 8-)

[danceswithgary]

We get those mass invasion of grackles here too. Those I can deal with, it's just these little ones that seem to be frantically trying to mate with either me or my house. *blink*

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Would it help any to put owl silhouettes in the windows? *worries about you and little birds

[danceswithgary]

I don't think it would help, we've stood right in front of the window and waved things at him and he just tries harder. There's bird ?spit? all over my windows now.

That's spit, not shit. I know the the difference. :-P

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

*ponders crazed birds* Where's Hitchcock when you need him?

[slinkling.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I really shouldn't be laughing. Because the poor birdies, and if this were happening at my house I'd find it really upsetting.

But also really funny.

[danceswithgary]

It is funny. I feel awful about the birdbrain, but it's freaking hilarious to watch him. Gary wondered what he'd do if we opened the window. I threatened him with bad things if he did.