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Bird behaving oddly

KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
in Wildlife gardening
We have lots of birds in the garden, clearly starting to nest, but one bluetit is behaving very strangely.  It seems obsessed by our patio doors, constantly landing on the handles of the doors, skipping back and forth between them, sometimes flying up the glass, but mostly just peering (at its reflection) and then flying off.  The whole thing repeated after a few minutes and it has been doing it all day.  It is the only bird doing this, not even the other bluetits are doing the same thing.
Any ideas why it might be happening.  Conservatory has been there over 10 years and I've never witnessed behaviour like it before.

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  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    We had a similar experience with a blue bird constantly flying into the bedroom window at our caravan. We were told it saw its reflection as another bird in its territory. We hung a net curtain to stop the windowpane acting as a mirror
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    It thinks it’s reflection is another bird and is flirting with it trying to impress.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    He’s  seeing his own reflection as another male bluetit encroaching on his territory, and is trying to send him packing by making g it obvious that your garden is just property. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Dovefromabove said:
    He’s  seeing his own reflection as another male bluetit encroaching on his territory, and is trying to send him packing by making g it obvious that your garden is just property. 

    That was my initial thought but I didn't expect it to carry on doing it all day, and now it's back doing the same thing again.  Bird brained certainly seems to fit.  It just seems odd that we've had blue tits in the garden for years and never seen this happen.  It has now also started flying under our car port and doing the same thing to another window, on another wall.  We can't leave the conservatory door open, or the doors to the kitchen or utility room.  I hope it soon gives up.
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