[Tweeters] Strange Junco Behavior

[Elizabeth Bacher]

Is is seeing its reflection and responding to the "intruder"?
-Elizabeth, Seattle

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 2:27 PM Steven Dammer <dammerecologist1990 at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hey Tweets,

>

> I was just sitting in my living room and kept hearing a tapping at the

> window where my feeders are on the patio. After watching for a moment I

> noticed a Junco sitting on the railing, and every 10 seconds or so would

> fly directly at the window, and put its feet out as though it wanted to

> perch, but just kicked off the window and went back to the railing. It

> repeated this pattern for about 5 minutes, and keeps coming back after a

> short break. It doesn't appear to be hurting itself at all, just bouncing

> off and landing on the railing.

>

> Has anyone else noticed this kind of odd behavior from any birds or Juncos

> in particular?

>

> Cheers,

>

> Steven Dammer

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