Tried that or similar. The window is inaccessible w/o a ladder, but I put things up the w/ poles. Also, put a light behind the window to dull the reflected image, but the sign stimulus and the fixed action pattern overwhelm my attempts,
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2012, at 9:05 PM, Marie P Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > You could use bar-soap to draw a bunch of streaks on the outside of the > window, thereby breaking up the reflection, which should put him out of his > frustrated misery! It will also free him up to put his energy to better use. > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > > http://www.marieread.com > > Now on FaceBook > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-61054010-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-61054010-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Tom Vawter > [tvaw...@wells.edu] > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:54 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Frustrated Oriole > > My heart goes out to the male northern oriole who periodically attacks the > large under-gable window on the south side of the house. It does, however, > give me good, close-up views of his impressive beauty and suggests that there > are orioles nesting nearby. > > -- > A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D. > > Assoc. Scientist, EcoLogic, LLC > 5 Ledyard Ave. > Cazenovia, NY 13035 > > Visiting Professor and Fellow > Ecology & Evolutionary Biology > Cornell University > Ithaca, NY 14853 > a...@cornell.edu<mailto:tvaw...@wells.edu> > > Professor of Biology, Emeritus > Wells College > Aurora, NY 14882 > tvaw...@wells.edu<mailto:tvaw...@wells.edu> > 607.279.9924 > > > > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
