Why is this sparrow pecking on my kitchen window constantly?

Question

For 2 days a sparrow has been pecking on my kitchen window in a desperate frenzy. The noise is driving me nuts. I can't figure out its strange behavior. No sparrow has ever done it in the past. First I thought it was thirstly since it is getting warm, so I put water out, but it didn't bother. Even if i shoo it away, it is back in a few minutes pecking with even more vengeance. The window has a mirror effect on the outside, so do you think he doesn't like his reflection and wants to fight with it. What should I do to make it stop pecking and disturbing us?

Answer 1

The image makes him think that another male is encroaching on his territory. I'd put some paper on the window area for a couple days and see if that helps. Putting birdseed in another part of the yard could attract some females and that could get him occupied trying to mate. If another male sparrow shows up, then he can go at it for real, and leave your window alone.

Answer 2

Sparrow For Windows

Answer 3

Mating season is approaching, and it sounds like the bird sees its reflection and thinks it's a rival bird trying to take its territory. It will continue to do this as long as it can still see the "intruder".



Close the curtains in that window, hang a suncatcher, or place a houseplant or other item on the windowsill to break up the reflection the bird is seeing. You might also want to move any feeders away from that particular window to discourage activity near the site, because if he fell for it, there will be other birds pecking and being annoying also.

Answer 4

Hopefully the previous answerer is correct, but I have actually heard of birds pecking at windows because they can detect insects living in the frame or even in the wall itself.



I have been working in the glass industry for a long time and never actually seen insects living in a wall (although in a severely rotten wall I suppose it's possible), but I see them all the time in the space between an opening window and the frame. Anywhere there's a hiding space, something will live there.