Food chain in progress

ldmom06
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:53:24 +0000

We’ve gone through this with mockingbirds (meanest bird on the face of the earth imo). We actually lost one of the 7’x4’ commercial glass windows in our breakfast room to an extremely hostile mockingbird early last spring. We were amazed that the bird was able to fly away after shattering that thick glass window, but even more amazed at the $400 cost to replace and $200 cost to tint the window. Unfortunately the tint is the problem because it makes the outside of the windows almost mirror-like.

I do think it’s a seasonal aggression thing…here there is definitely a certain time of the year when you have to cover your head outdoors to avoid mockingbird attacks. (Don’t have many cardinals though…the mockingbirds run them off.) I think the only thing to do is cover the glass/mirror. In the case of house windows, you just pray.