Before I ran into problems with doves making themselves a bit too comfortable, every day I would put peanuts by my window, and even inside the apartment in some 3D printed bird feeders. Blue tits would often stand by the peanuts, look right at me, and then do their do their war-cry alert thing (no idea how to describe that in text), before taking their peanut and flying away.
even inside the apartment in some 3D printed bird feeders
Oh boy, you like to live dangerously. How did that go?
I’m doing the same (outside the window) with bird seed, so I’ll sometimes enter my kitchen and find pigeons / collared doves staring at me. But they just stare and stare and then fly away. No war cries.
It was interesting but a lesson was learned: doing this might seem innocent enough, and one may have good intentions. But a bird that flies into an apartment can easily find themselves in an unsafe situation. At the beginning it worked fine - the feeders hung right by the window, so blue tits would come in, take their peanut, and fly away without issue. But eventually the much bolder young starlings arrived. One of them flew into the apartment and then stood by a different window that was closed. Upon realizing that the window was closed, the starling became nervous and flew around nervously, pooping indoors and getting into a dangerous situation. Luckily they didn’t get hurt, and they found an open window and flew away. But I stopped encouraging birds to get in at all.
I am sorry to say I am tearing up laughing at your tale. The bird was okay and likely learned from his experience, though.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and blue tits nested in our mural mailbox. My brother and I, being kids, would open the mailbox door (inside the house) to peek at the babies. Anyway. Have you ever tried to catch an irate and terrified blue tit mama while she’s frantically flying in a 2x2m hallway, so you can put her back in a large rectangular hole in the wall, this at one in the morning, while praying your mother won’t wake up? Because I have.
Anyway. Have you ever tried to catch an irate and terrified blue tit mama while she’s frantically flying in a 2x2m hallway, so you can put her back in a large rectangular hole in the wall, this at one in the morning, while praying your mother won’t wake up? Because I have.
so I’ll sometimes enter my kitchen and find pigeons / collared doves staring at me. But they just stare and stare and then fly away. No war cries.
Consider yourself lucky! The city doves that made my windows their new home/bathroom would stand their ground against both me and any other bird who dared invade their territory. I was surprised by how aggressive they became.
I haven’t seen any other birds there since the pigeons figured out my flower pots were filled with not flowers, but rainwater. Maybe they keep a close watch on their personal spa.
Thanks! I think that they’re annoyed at me for catching them in the act.
Blue tits are always the loudest, most annoyed birbs when I’m out. They’ll alert constantly. Which makes them a lot easier to photograph.
Before I ran into problems with doves making themselves a bit too comfortable, every day I would put peanuts by my window, and even inside the apartment in some 3D printed bird feeders. Blue tits would often stand by the peanuts, look right at me, and then do their do their war-cry alert thing (no idea how to describe that in text), before taking their peanut and flying away.
Oh boy, you like to live dangerously. How did that go?
I’m doing the same (outside the window) with bird seed, so I’ll sometimes enter my kitchen and find pigeons / collared doves staring at me. But they just stare and stare and then fly away. No war cries.
Weeeelll…
It was interesting but a lesson was learned: doing this might seem innocent enough, and one may have good intentions. But a bird that flies into an apartment can easily find themselves in an unsafe situation. At the beginning it worked fine - the feeders hung right by the window, so blue tits would come in, take their peanut, and fly away without issue. But eventually the much bolder young starlings arrived. One of them flew into the apartment and then stood by a different window that was closed. Upon realizing that the window was closed, the starling became nervous and flew around nervously, pooping indoors and getting into a dangerous situation. Luckily they didn’t get hurt, and they found an open window and flew away. But I stopped encouraging birds to get in at all.
I am sorry to say I am tearing up laughing at your tale. The bird was okay and likely learned from his experience, though.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and blue tits nested in our mural mailbox. My brother and I, being kids, would open the mailbox door (inside the house) to peek at the babies. Anyway. Have you ever tried to catch an irate and terrified blue tit mama while she’s frantically flying in a 2x2m hallway, so you can put her back in a large rectangular hole in the wall, this at one in the morning, while praying your mother won’t wake up? Because I have.
Oh no! 😸
Consider yourself lucky! The city doves that made my windows their new home/bathroom would stand their ground against both me and any other bird who dared invade their territory. I was surprised by how aggressive they became.
I haven’t seen any other birds there since the pigeons figured out my flower pots were filled with not flowers, but rainwater. Maybe they keep a close watch on their personal spa.
I don’t doubt it for a second. I’d keep a close watch too if my personal spa was on the line.