The windows in my house have an old layer of film-tinting-type stuff, effectively making them a one-way mirror when it's daytime outside. For well over a month now, this over-sized bird has been visiting the bird in the sliding glass door every single day - sometimes, even multiple times a day.
Each visit, it lands on the balcony, folds up its wings, and fluffs its neck feathers a bit. Then it makes a clicking noise from its throat, and pecks at the glass quite forcefully, loud enough for me to hear regardless of where I am in the house. After making a bit of a ruckus, it struts away quite satisfied with its efforts, and then takes to flight.
I don't know why it participates in this ritual time after time. Is it trying to be friendly with its counterpart? Does it have a concept of self, and thus returns out of narcissism? Does it fancy the other bird a potential mate, forever aloof and unattainable?
I think I almost shattered its delusions today when I took this picture; when I moved in to get a closer angle, it must have seen my shadowy movements because it suddenly froze, feathers flattening and eyes searching warily for more signs of danger. It left abruptly, cutting the visit short.
maybe it thought it was a potential mate. lol birds are funny.
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