Murderous cab or Don't park in a flight path

[Colby Forest]

Had the tractor parked in the drive that goes through the treeline on the property. Had two chickadees fly into the cab door/window. The first time, a couple days ago, I saw it happen. The bird was so stunned, it couldn't even sit up, it just kept flopping over on its side. It recovered though after I set it on top of a low shed in the sun to stay warm and propped it up on a rag so at least it was upright. It took at least an hour. The bird would probably have sat longer except that I went to check on it and it flew up to a nearby branch and perched there for a while. Today I went out to the same drive and found a dead chickadee on the ground near where the tractor had been parked. Best not to park in a flight path I guess. They seem to miss flying into the tractor when it's parked out in the open. Also a grouse did itself in once by flying into the back of the pick-up cap.

Anyone else have these sorts of things happen?

 

[jenkinsph]

Nah, we have big freakin Ravens around here ( I consider them buzzards more or less) their not dumb enough to run into a tractor cab. If Shakespeare was still alive I would send them all to him.

 

[mjncad]

Nah, we have big freakin Ravens around here ( I consider them buzzards more or less) their not dumb enough to run into a tractor cab. If Shakespeare was still alive I would send them all to him.

Quoth the Raven, "Never more."

 

[Gary Fowler]

I think you are confused with Edgar Allen Poe. Not sure what Shakespeare has to do with ravens.
But I have never had issue with birds flying into a vehicle unless it was moving down the road. They do like to fly into buildings with lots of glass. Maybe a few headaches and the word will spread in birdworld.

 

[Thomas]

Nothing like that,years back I left shed door open one early spring night and next morning racoon curl up sound a sleep on seat..I decided be smart to let him/her leave on there own.

 

[Bird]

I think you are confused with Edgar Allen Poe. Not sure what Shakespeare has to do with ravens.
But I have never had issue with birds flying into a vehicle unless it was moving down the road. They do like to fly into buildings with lots of glass. Maybe a few headaches and the word will spread in birdworld.

I, too, have seen a lot of birds killed from flying into buildings with lots of glass, but not vehicles.

 

[MossRoad]

A couple weeks ago I was cutting wood at a friend's house. He was hooking up his horse trailer to his truck. He came over laughing and told me he backed the truck up to the trailer and left the door open. His dog always hops in any vehicle with the door open, so it hopped in and sat down in the front passenger seat waiting to go for a ride. So he left the door open and went back to the rear to hook up the trailer. While he was hooking it up, the truck started shaking and bouncing around. He figured "stupid dog jumping around". He went back up to the door and the dog was still sitting in the front seat... there was a dead bird on the driver's seat!

Apparently the bird flew in through the open door and met the dog! :laughing:

 

[MoKelly]

I'm not sure what is wrong with some birds. Perhaps their dinosour ancestry is a factor.

We have a room off the deck with lots of windows and a ficus tree up against one window.

A bird will come along, stand on the deck railing and time after time try to fly to the ficus tree. He hits the window and falls to the deck floor. He then flys back on the railing and tries it all again. He will do that many many times.

I thought birds can learn but this bird doesn't learn anything.

MoKelly

 

[Treemonkey1000]

I'm not sure what is wrong with some birds. Perhaps their dinosour ancestry is a factor.

We have a room off the deck with lots of windows and a ficus tree up against one window.

A bird will come along, stand on the deck railing and time after time try to fly to the ficus tree. He hits the window and falls to the deck floor. He then flys back on the railing and tries it all again. He will do that many many times.

I thought birds can learn but this bird doesn't learn anything.

MoKelly

Must be Dodo birds

 

[JoeL4330]

the repeated behavior is often a bird attacking its reflection--usually males protecting their turf ...likewise, flying into a window, because of the reflected sky/sun looks like an unrestricted flight path.