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On Monday, we noticed a robin sitting on top of one of our chairs that are on our front porch. When we would get too close, it would fly to the tree in the middle of our yard. He or she had a friend in the tree. The robin would stay there for a while and then fly back to the chair. By Monday afternoon, we started hearing thump, thump, thump. We stood in the dining room quietly to watch what was going on. This silly little bird would sit on the back of the chair and then would fly into our window making the thump sound. It would do it OVER and OVER again.

We thought it was so cute until Wednesday when it was still going on and our porch and chair was covered in bird poop. I had been adjusting my blinds and I could get the bird to stop for a few hours and then it would try it again. On Wednesday night Austin scrubbed down the porch and chair. We didn't hear much from the bird on Thursday.
 

 



On Friday at 6:00 A.M. the thumping started again and woke us all up. This time the bird was sitting up on our drain pipe and was trying to go through our top round window where there are no blinds. I seriously started to wonder what was wrong with this bird. Did it have a screw loose? I knew we would find it someday dead on our porch.

Saturday morning was a repeat. Thump, thump started again at 6:00 a.m. Don't birds sleep in on Saturday? Today, Sunday, was a repeat too. The bird is still alive and takes turns between trying to go through our top window from the drain pipe and the window in which the chair sits in front. There are markings all over the window. It doesn't seem to matter anymore if the blinds are closed or open. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of the bird? We are not up for killing it.

Aren't the pictures amazing
 

 
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Anonymous said…
That is one determined and not so smart bird. Good luck with the thumping and bird poop...we haven't had that joy yet here. Just snakes in our rockwells:)
April 18, 2010 at 9:46 AM
grandma GiGI said…
You have to give the old bird credit for being persistant...if not too smart! I'm afraid it will break it's little neck.
April 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Circe said…
Weird! Let it in? :)
April 18, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Glenda said…
Stake your CAT out there.
April 19, 2010 at 7:59 AM
Glen's Family of TEN said…
WELCOME SPRING!!! Your cat should be able to help out with that...Malaree has had two nightmares about "Whisker, Maylin's cat." I hope you have recovered from your weekend.:)
April 19, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Dione said…
Weird! Maybe your house smells good and he's hungry??? Okay, I don't know. But keep us posted.
April 20, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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