Crazy Cardinal

Being Bored

Flying With Gusto

I know sometimes birds fly into large windows. I get it. But we have a crazy cardinal at my house who is persistent beyond normal persistent behavior. He has been dive bombing my window every day since April. The same window.

He sits outside on a wooden railing acting like he is going to do anything but dive straight into the window. He looks around, as if bored, glancing to and fro but never at the window. This is the tactic he chooses to use to convince the glass to relax and be caught unawares. Then, in the smack middle of glancing at a tree or stick, he spins like a lightening ballerina, flies with gusto, hits the glass, slides down the glass, and lands in the rocks in the yard. Then, he eventually ends up back on the railing staring anywhere except at the glass.

Dive Bombing

Sliding

We are so used to the staccato hammering that we don't even notice anymore.

But our guests are quite entertained.

Poor bird.