Subject: Very territorial robin
Date: Mar 25 10:13:31 2004
From: Laurie Moeck - Laurie.Moeck at wwu.edu


My next door neighbor's garage window is right next to his fence. A
male robin has staked out this fence as part of his territory and is now
attacking his reflection in the glass. I put up a piece of screen this
morning, and it blocked him for awhile, but he seems very bent on
self-destruction (there are a few feathers below the window - he just
won't stop!) and found a way to see a portion of himself. Now I'm
wondering if there's something else I can do other than stand there
watching and occasionally shooing him off. My brother is making up some
wonderful stories about it all, and is making me laugh, but I feel badly
for the bird. Does anyone have any ideas?

Laurie Moeck
Ferndale, WA