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I guess it's officially spring in my yard. Every year a pair of robins nest in a tree growing outside my kitchen window. I became aware of their return when I became aware of a repeated thonk coming from the kitchen. At first I thought it was my spouse doing some project. Then I realized my spouse was elsewhere in the house. The thonk noise was the male robin attacking his reflection in the glass.
I turned on the kitchen light, so he could see me and all the stuff sitting on the kitchen window sill. Normally the light would have startled the previous robins into flying away. This particular robin just crouched on his branch, continuing to glare at the window. I then hung a Christmas ornament from the screen to break up the view. The change seemed to work.
This morning, however, I woke up at 6 AM to thonk.
Sigh.
I turned on the kitchen light, so he could see me and all the stuff sitting on the kitchen window sill. Normally the light would have startled the previous robins into flying away. This particular robin just crouched on his branch, continuing to glare at the window. I then hung a Christmas ornament from the screen to break up the view. The change seemed to work.
This morning, however, I woke up at 6 AM to thonk.
Sigh.