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We have some birds nesting in our roof space, this morning I noticed one of the hanging out sound the front of my car and hovering at the front bumper and then head butting it.
Been out this afternoon, and this evening the car is in a slightly different place but it’s doing the same thing !?! Unfortunately couldn’t get a pic mid vandalism
I’ve checked the front of the car, there is no dead bird implied in it or a nest in the radiator area .
Why ?
Almost certainly sees its own reflection as a rival sparrow, so trying to fight it off. You need to make car dirty, problem solved.
Reflection innit. Birds don't like shiny mirrory things. Piss in their nest.
We've got a bluetit that was flirting/trying to fight it's reflection in the car wing mirror.
Put a bag over the mirror to stop it which worked.
Except its now doing the same thing with the living room window. 😂
Ah kind of makes sense.
So why would it sit underneath the car too which isn’t remotely shinny
So why would it sit underneath the car too which isn’t remotely shinny
Waiting for the interloper to show himself so he can attack it. Robins will do the same, they’ll fight to the death over territory, thuggish little buggers, robins!
A peacock repeatedly did this to my friends car. Peacocks can dent doors. After the second £200+ repair he solved the issue.
apparently it was chewy and unpleasant, wouldn't try again.
This is like the end scene in Avatar. The ecosystem has become aware that your car is a mortal threat to it and is attempting to kill the car before the car destroys the planet and the sparrow and it's chicks.
Eating the dead insects off the car
This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught sparrow
Get an old diesel Mondeo and you won't give a monkeys what the birds do to it
This is like the end scene in Avatar.
I assumed you meant a massive disappointment and not at all what you expected before it started.
I suppose yours is also valid.
Now OP, where are my flocks of killer gulls?
My TL had a crow that would merrily pick away at his wiper blades, this went on for a couple of years until it found something more interesting. Tried to trap it and everything, bugger was having none of it.
My friends father once bought a car with a sparkly, flecked paint job. This resulted in a bunch of different birds dive bombing and attacking it all the time. My friend and I found it highly amusing watching his dad freak out.
We had a wagtail in our courtyard that would attack its own reflection in people's wing mirrors - properly go mad - the glass was covered in prints of its wings in its own bird shit which was then covered in claw marks. For the whole season we all had to wrap carrier bags round the wingmirrors when we parked.
What part in the world are you FunkyDunk? Some birds might associate cars with food. Whenever I park in Fort William sparrows immediately appear and peck all the squashed insects off the bumper and grill
A bird?-pah! I had a sheep head butt its own reflection in my newly polished car on a campsite-stupid animal put 2 dents in it😡
We have a blackbird that would sit on my wing mirror, spot its reflection in my wife’s car and attack it. Then it would settle for a moment on her wing mirror before spotting its reflection in my car and attack that. So it would go on and on.
Now when we park our cars we cover the wing mirrors with carrier bags, which dissuades it from sitting there - until the arguing about territory season is over.
The bird hates your shiney car.
I went for a paddle on the Bridgewater canal in my sea kayak last Wenesday and was attacked by swans.
One performed multiple attacks.
It kept the dog walkers amused, but was a touch scary.
Sparrows light weights
One performed multiple attacks.
Did it break your arm?
No, the primary method of swan attack is to wait until you have paddled past, let a gap build up and then fly up behind you and land as close as possible. It's worrying but no broken arms.