We have a lot of birds that hit our wall of windows that face the woods. Mostly they are doves that the hawks drive into the windows for an easy kill. If they are small birds, I have seen crows fly in and pick them up.
This is a young Pileated Woodpecker that hit our window last week. Shortly after we took the photo it flew off.
Very nice shot otta! So glad she was okay!
She is a beauty...so glad she recovered!
Their heads are better adapted to surviving hitting things hard ;-)
Resin
I'm so happy to hear your little one survived. This photo is just precious.
We have a "wall of windows" too and know how you feel every time a bird runs into them. Thankfully, we've left them alone and a short time later they're able to fly off.
Wouldn't you love to know what was going through her mind? She looks plumb befuddled.
Hack
Glad she is okay, but man...ouch!
When I was a kid mom always hung sheers between the window and the drapes. It really cut down on accidents like this.
Great photo op, and glad she recovered!
I didn't mention it. But that was how I saw a Belted Kingfisher the very first time. It flew into my window, and rightly passed out for a time. I It recovered and flew off. Now and then a bird will fly into the window. But thank goodness to nearby trees, they were not flying at a very brisk speed (because of the trees). The most they get is a minor concussion so I assumed. Will crows pick on young weaklings?
OT; I often saw smaller birds chasing crows around. Could that be Mockingbirds chasing the crows, drawing the big bad guys away from their young or something?
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That's a great shot Ottahand7. Glad the bird did okay. We had a dove hit the window so hard, it had some blood on its head. It did fly off, but I doubt that it made it.
Lily_love, I think that's exactly what they are doing - brave little guys. I watched this mockingbird attack this Harris Hawk for at least 15 minutes. The Hawk finally flew off to another tree and the Mocker flew back to her nest just to the left of the frame of the shot. The mockingbird would actually bite the Hawk on its rearend, slam into its chest (as in the photo) and just hover next to it screaming all the while. Amazing to watch.
Wow Patti you have the Harris Hawks around? I think they are very neat looking hawks! Great catch of the brave Mockingbird!!
Oh that is an awesome shot!
Awesome shot Patti. Now I know why I like our American Nightingale. lol.
Glad the bird is ok outahand7. I would think Pileated's have a hard head like Resin said.
P_Edens that is a heck of a shot!!
Patti, that's a spectacular photo of the hawk and the mocker-so clear!
Boy, you can just see the irritation in that hawk's expression. Great shot Patti! I am happy to say that a pair of Mockingbird's have just started to hang around my feeder and bird bath. When we bought our new house, there was a bird bath turned over in the yard. I finally righted it and filled it with water. It is heavily used. Here is one of my Mockingbirds. I have an owl and a hawk that both like to hunt here - the Mockingbirds are relentless sentries.
Very cute gazer!
Gazer, Thanks. I love your Mockingbird shot. The eye contact you got with the bird and surrounding color really looks great.
Patti
Hi ,veryone is taking such great photos do you have any tips for those of us who are new to it. I have a kodak easy share 6.1 mega pixel. Any suggesrtions on the best way to use one of the lesser digitals when taking my bird pictures? Every time I ry and take a shot throught the widow here a few feet from my feeders the screen obsures the shot darn it.
Hi Deb, Try to get outside and have the birds get used to your presence so they won't be frightened. Some of our members use a camouflage cloth to to conceal themselves while taking photos so they can get closer to the birds. Have you tried using the sports setting on your camera for birds? I'm not sure that anything will help with the screen problem. Let us know if we can be of more help. :-)
