It's a frequent experience here. Last time there was a beautiful bird pattern on the sitting room window for a fair while.
One of my near neighbours seems to suffer more and has in the past resorted to putting silhouettes of birds in their windows. I was in the garden a couple of weeks ago and I watched as a wood pigeon flew full tilt into their window. Made a mighty bang and then flew from whence it came.
Back in the garden a few days later I could hear a peculiar rustling noise. I discovered that they had hung some dangling strips of what looks like shiny silver material above the window. I think I would find the flickering reflection of light off these strips more annoying than the occasional crashing bird.
We have a couple of pairs of resident wood pigeons in the immediate locality. I think they nested in one of my trees this year but as it is an evergreen it's hard to tell. There was a lot of coming and going but I didn't see any young.
They do amuse me as they go about in pairs. One will fly to a perch and the other will soon follow. Sometimes they perch for ages on a branch, side by side, like a long married couple just sitting and watching the world go by.
One of my near neighbours seems to suffer more and has in the past resorted to putting silhouettes of birds in their windows. I was in the garden a couple of weeks ago and I watched as a wood pigeon flew full tilt into their window. Made a mighty bang and then flew from whence it came.
Back in the garden a few days later I could hear a peculiar rustling noise. I discovered that they had hung some dangling strips of what looks like shiny silver material above the window. I think I would find the flickering reflection of light off these strips more annoying than the occasional crashing bird.
We have a couple of pairs of resident wood pigeons in the immediate locality. I think they nested in one of my trees this year but as it is an evergreen it's hard to tell. There was a lot of coming and going but I didn't see any young.
They do amuse me as they go about in pairs. One will fly to a perch and the other will soon follow. Sometimes they perch for ages on a branch, side by side, like a long married couple just sitting and watching the world go by.
Nick
