OT weird bird ...

I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

It looks like a plain old mockingbird from here.

I'd guess it's a male. They're famous for rampant testosterone levels, which
makes them combative toward everything, including their own reflections.


"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice
to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every
time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting
the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:55:42 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G







Looks like a mockingbird from here....

I don't know; my orthinological credentials have never been verified, but
what you have there is a mockingbird (down here in Memphis, we refer to them
as catbirds in deference to Harper Lee (Truman Capote . . . and Boo Radley)
Quick, who played Boo Radley in the movie? Don't check the internet!

That mockingbird either thinks that the reflection in the rear-view mirror
is something to eat, or he thinks that the reflection is an mockingbird in
his territory.

Of course, I could be wrong about all of this (except the Boo Radley stuff,
that's a favorite piece of trivia).

Memphis Jim

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice
to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every
time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting
the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

Larry L wrote:

I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G


Looks like it might be a Gray Jay? They're called camp robbers here in
CO. Very tolerant of people and like to cause "trouble." They'll steal
food and small assorted objects, often brightly colored ones.

My guess is that he sees himself in the mirror and doesn't like what he
sees!

Willi

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look"
snip

mockingbird

g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

wayno IS a nice name for a bird. )
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I have a small gray bird here, snip

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

snip

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is

snip

without question, what you have there is a mockinbird- also known as the
Mimus Polyglottos- one of my VERY favorites...

Snake

Larry L wrote:
snip bird doo

I was at first inclined to agree with Willie, but after some Googleing
I'm tending to go with the Mockingbird crowd. Check out:

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7030id.html

Is that it?

Russell

Make that in deference to James Thurber, Duh!

Memphis Jim


"Memphis Jim" wrote in message
...
I don't know; my orthinological credentials have never been verified, but
what you have there is a mockingbird (down here in Memphis, we refer to
them
as catbirds in deference to Harper Lee (Truman Capote . . . and Boo
Radley)
Quick, who played Boo Radley in the movie? Don't check the internet!

That mockingbird either thinks that the reflection in the rear-view mirror
is something to eat, or he thinks that the reflection is an mockingbird in
his territory.

Of course, I could be wrong about all of this (except the Boo Radley
stuff,
that's a favorite piece of trivia).

Memphis Jim

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I
ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here
is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly
down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have
any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice
to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of
the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every
time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting
the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

"Memphis Jim" wrote in message
Quick, who played Boo Radley in the movie?

Robert Duvall

Don't check the internet!

Nope. Didn't need to.

Joe F.