Turdus migratorius thudnkous

Spring's here, which means the birds are out in full force. Unfortunately, this also heralds the return of the irritating, idiotic, bloody-minded avian anomaly with a vendetta against the rightmost dining room window.

Mr. Thudnk is back. Which means the War On Turdus is still being waged.

At first it was cute, in an "Awww, look at that. That's the most idiotic bird I've ever seen, but he still remembers the window he was attacking." That lasted all of five minutes. From there, the continuous "thudnk thudnk fwip-wip-wip flutter-flutter dink thid thudnk flap" has grown irritating. Having reached wit's end, we are doubtless mere days away from insanity. I fear that Fox News Noise will soon become enjoyable, no doubt leading to a complete failure of all upper brain functions. Thus, we have tried to take matters into our own hands.

First, we waved a newspaper at him. That worked for a minute. Then, we sounded a noisemaker in his general direction, but he didn't flinch. Next up was the air cannon, which didn't even seem to ruffle his feathers. Now, we've tried stickers of larger birds, but he just ignored them. Not surprising, since those are just the keep birds from attacking their own reflection, and Turdusblossom here keeps launching attacks from an angle where he couldn't possibly see his reflection!

We are seriously considering borrowing our neighbor's cat.