I noticed when
getting into the car today that there was a lot of bird poo on the passenger
side window and mirror. I wondered who the culprit was but didn’t give it too
much thought. Then just as I was about to start the engine a Blue Tit landed on
the driver’s side door and began attacking the mirror. Classic stuff – a crazy
Blue Tit scared of its own reflection. It then saw me and flew to our neighbour’s
car to attack another “intruder”. As you see in the picture there is a fair
amount of poo so it must get quite agitated during these encounters.
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| Get out of here - this is my territory! |
The chosen
nesting box (the one without the camera) is only a few metres away so
presumably he is ultra territorial.
At my parents house in Sussex, England they have a Blue Tit
that repeatedly hovers and pecks at the corners of windows (also very close to
the nesting box), I assume that this bird also is seeing its reflection and
therefore a competing male.
An afternoon walk around Fornebu in temperatures of 20C (a
bit of a contrast to Finnmark!) was lacking in birds although I did have my
first White Wagtail and Linnet of 2012 and a flock of migrating Cormorants.
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