I have lived in the same place for three years, and never had this happen before… But suddenly, at all hours of the day, I have birds that keep trying to get into my windows. This isn’t them just flying into it and then flying away, they are persistently flapping against it like they’re trying to force their way in. I hear them repeatedly thumping and flapping against them and then the windows are all covered in the marks from their feet (or talons or whatever). I tried closing the shades to provide a more stark contrast, but that didn’t change a thing. It’s not just one woman now either, it’s literally every window of the house. WTF is going on?!

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It’s not just one woman now either, it’s literally every window of the house. WTF is going on?!

Put some clothes on and maybe the birds will knock it off.

Not sure but it sounds like the beginning to a horror show!!!

They are seeing their reflection in the window and might think it's a rival. They also the window as a solid barrier and want to fly through because of reflection of trees. This year there seems to be more instances of this type of behavior.

I have seen cardinals and robins demonstrate this behavior. A plastic owl placed near the window may help. Anything to break the reflection works too. Used cheap pine furring strips and plastic mesh to build a shield that I leaned against the window to stop an insane cardinal. I am convinced he suffered brain damage from pounding into the window.

I have a red bird that does that to my truck pretty regularly. I think he's seeing his reflection either in the glass or the side mirrors. Spends an hour or so every morning trying to fly through the glass.

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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It’s not just one woman now either, it’s literally every window of the house. WTF is going on?!

Put some clothes on and maybe the birds will knock it off.

This.

And stop doing naked daddy yoga too

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Originally posted by SPWAMike0317:
I have seen cardinals and robins demonstrate this behavior. A plastic owl placed near the window may help. Anything to break the reflection works too. Used cheap pine furring strips and plastic mesh to build a shield that I leaned against the window to stop an insane cardinal. I am convinced he suffered brain damage from pounding into the window.

I have these two birds constantly banging their beaks into my windows. I think they are the males exerting dominance over their perceived rivals. I ended up placing those spike strips that keep birds off your mailbox. I believe I got them on Amazon.