Birds Flying Into Windows?

[fisheye]

I’m 63 and have always live in the wooded areas. I have never had a turkey fly into my window. However; I do remember several grouse that broke may parents picture window when I was young. They did not survive and were a welcome addition to our kitchen. I don’t think they were worth the price of the picture window.
I have had all the small birds hit my windows. What amazes me is that most survive. Cardinals will come back one time after another. We worry more about their safety that they worry about it.
The birds that don’t survive the window collisions are usually the ones that think the window doesn’t exist. They are usually not the birds that normally attack their reflections.
The most frustrating bird that I ever had in mating season was the common flicker. Every morning, at the crack of dawn, it used my aluminum rain gutters to sound out a mating call. It sounded as if somebody was on our roof with a jack hammer. I haven’t had the problem since I got a new roof (now old) with new gutters and leaf guards - I think the leaf guards did the trick. I am curious if anybody else has ever had this problem?

[mattiefrombama]

for a week now, a red bird has been flying into our solarium window. it looks like a mirror from the outside. he starts early in the morning and continues throughout the day. sometimes he'll sit on top of the solarium and peck around. his droppings are everywhere on the glass, the sides, the top. then we noticed a female out there yesterday with him. she just sits on the branches and watches this crazy male. i don't know if he's trying to impress her or what. would love to know what's going on with this nutty little bird!!

[fisheye]

mattiefrombama,
If you read through the previous post on this thread; you will discover that your red bird is a male cardinal. He will stop eventually. It is a macho thing - he is protecting his territory from a rival male bird. To us; he is a stupid bird (perhaps a little brain dead after all of the collisions). To him; he doesn’t care what we think - he is going to kick butt!