Nuthatch territorialism - Page 2 - Wildlife Gardeners

linrose · 05-15-2012, 11:36 AM

Hey now, there's an idea! It's worth a shot. Poor guy, he's really beating himself up.

turttle · 05-17-2012, 12:33 PM

Is his nest really close to your house? I have a pair of nuthatches nesting down my back slope who come to my feeders, but I have never had your problems with them. You must be going crazy.

BeeWonderful · 05-17-2012, 04:50 PM

Let us know what's happened linrose, I'm very curious if you've seen any improvement!

Birding Bunch · 05-17-2012, 05:14 PM

I've heard shining a light into the window would break the bird's reflection. Only once did we have a cardinal attack our window and not for very long. So I never had a need to try it. I just put up strips of bird tape to prevent window crashes, but don't know if it would help in a case like this, since it could see its reflection between the strips.

One other suggestion I read somewhere was tape newspaper on the outside of the windows.

I hope this ends soon for you. I've heard of people going through this for a month.

BooBooBearBecky · 05-19-2012, 10:21 PM

linrose, sorry to laugh so hard at your dilemna, but I do believe your knocking nuthatch is trying to send you a message. Perhaps via morse code?

..-. . . -.. / -- .

Would anyone like to venture a guess at the translation?

NEWisc · 05-19-2012, 11:43 PM

Good one!

(.... - - .--. ---... -..-. -..-. -- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. . .-.-.- ... -.-. .--. .... .. .-.. .-.. .. .--. ... .-.-.- -.-. --- -- -..-. .--- - .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - --- .-. .-.-.- .... - -- .-..)
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linrose · 05-20-2012, 07:12 AM

FEED ME!!!

Thanks for the Morse code message 4B, and for the translator (in Morse code) NEWisc, now how would that work???? I'd need to know Morse code before I could follow that URL, egg/chicken thing.

Anyway our friend Don (Quixote) is still visiting everyday though not quite as persistantly as before. There's no way I'm completely covering the glass, we'd be walking around in the dark and I need my phototherapy everyday! I'll open the door in the morning at in the evening before it gets hot out (it's been getting up in the high 80s all week) which keeps him from pecking at the glass temporarily.

I don't know if he even has a nest, if he's battling an imaginary male he's still fighting for territorial rights, is that how it works? He looks young, maybe he just needs some experience, you know, get his yayas out first like most teenagers.

dapjwy · 05-20-2012, 10:04 AM

Good one, 4B!

I was never a boy scout, but thanks to linrose's comments, I get NEWisc's joke...

...and I agree with her, it is a chicken or the egg kind of thing...or at least a -.-. .- - -.-. .... / ..--- ..---

linrose · 05-20-2012, 10:09 AM

CATCH 22!!!

Another zinger dap!

Is this going to become a "thing"?????

05-17-2012, 12:33 PM	#12
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Is his nest really close to your house? I have a pair of nuthatches nesting down my back slope who come to my feeders, but I have never had your problems with them. You must be going crazy. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

05-19-2012, 10:21 PM	#15
BooBooBearBecky WG Operations, Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Wisconsin	linrose, sorry to laugh so hard at your dilemna, but I do believe your knocking nuthatch is trying to send you a message. Perhaps via morse code? ..-. . . -.. / -- . Would anyone like to venture a guess at the translation? __________________ "Getting your hands dirty is the best way to keep your head clean."

05-19-2012, 11:43 PM	#16
NEWisc Fox Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin	Good one! (.... - - .--. ---... -..-. -..-. -- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. . .-.-.- ... -.-. .--. .... .. .-.. .-.. .. .--. ... .-.-.- -.-. --- -- -..-. .--- - .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - --- .-. .-.-.- .... - -- .-..) . __________________ . Age is a biological fact. Old is a state of mind. I will age, but I refuse to get old.

05-20-2012, 10:04 AM	#18
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Good one, 4B! I was never a boy scout, but thanks to linrose's comments, I get NEWisc's joke... ...and I agree with her, it is a chicken or the egg kind of thing...or at least a -.-. .- - -.-. .... / ..--- ..--- __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

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05-15-2012, 11:36 AM	#11
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Hey now, there's an idea! It's worth a shot. Poor guy, he's really beating himself up.

05-17-2012, 04:50 PM	#13
BeeWonderful Heron Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Minnesota	Let us know what's happened linrose, I'm very curious if you've seen any improvement!

05-17-2012, 05:14 PM	#14
Birding Bunch Salamander Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Iowa, USA	I've heard shining a light into the window would break the bird's reflection. Only once did we have a cardinal attack our window and not for very long. So I never had a need to try it. I just put up strips of bird tape to prevent window crashes, but don't know if it would help in a case like this, since it could see its reflection between the strips. One other suggestion I read somewhere was tape newspaper on the outside of the windows. I hope this ends soon for you. I've heard of people going through this for a month.

05-20-2012, 07:12 AM	#17
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	FEED ME!!! Thanks for the Morse code message 4B, and for the translator (in Morse code) NEWisc, now how would that work???? I'd need to know Morse code before I could follow that URL, egg/chicken thing. Anyway our friend Don (Quixote) is still visiting everyday though not quite as persistantly as before. There's no way I'm completely covering the glass, we'd be walking around in the dark and I need my phototherapy everyday! I'll open the door in the morning at in the evening before it gets hot out (it's been getting up in the high 80s all week) which keeps him from pecking at the glass temporarily. I don't know if he even has a nest, if he's battling an imaginary male he's still fighting for territorial rights, is that how it works? He looks young, maybe he just needs some experience, you know, get his yayas out first like most teenagers.

05-20-2012, 10:09 AM	#19
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	CATCH 22!!! Another zinger dap! Is this going to become a "thing"?????