This morning we were again awakened by a rhythmic thudding on the side window of our trailer. Apparently, our resident head-banging female cardinal arises before us and was at her tricks again. For some unknowable reason, she is pissed off at our living room window which she demonstrates by giving the window the stink-eye, jumping off her perch right outside the glass and smashing her head, body and feet into our tinted glazing. After each collision, she returns to her perch in the adjacent shrubbery and starts the process over. She sometimes attacks with only a 3-second interlude but at most times it is about twice per minute.
We tried opening adjacent windows, knocking on the glass from the inside, putting up fabrics on the interior that we keep moving using a fan but she is a dedicated birdbrain and is not easily frightened away. Late in the day we used some strips of aluminum foil and masking tape to make little glimmering strips and, initially, we thought those had frightened her off. We were wrong. She eventually cowboyed up and returned to her irritating ways. Our schedule has us leaving tomorrow. I hope her head feels better soon.
Today the temperature was 79 degrees and the wind was blowing at about 20 knots. It was quite pleasant here in the trees and we took advantage of it by doing nothing all day. I love this retirement stuff. Except for the bird.