An Illustrated Book About Birds

Sunday, February 27, 2005

So I was in my bedroom and I heard what sounded like a light knocking. But I wasn't expecting anyone. So I disregarded it figuring that it was some sound from a neighbor. But then it continued and not in a knocking way but in a sort of rhythmic tapping. So I walked down the hallway and sitting on the window sill of front stairway window were two birds facing me, tapping at the window. They looked like a couple. One was all brown/gray and the other was brown/gray with a red/orange head. They would both tap at the window and then one would take a turn, and then they'd switch and sometimes fight fight with each other and then come back. I got very, very close to the window before they flew a few feet away (to the tree planted in front of the house) but after I left they came right back and started it again.

This doesn't mean anything, but it was mesmerizing to watch. And it sounds like they're still doing it.