Stupid Bird Tricks, Mating Season version!

[thedeadlyhook]

Sightem of the morning: in the park, a small, brown, finchlike bird (I'm getting better at telling the different breeds of water birds apart, but it'll be awhile before I can ID all of the various hoppers and tweeters and peepers clogging the bushes around here), flew up to a car, perched on the edge of a door by a rearview mirror, and started bonking its little beak against the glass, repeatedly. Considering that I also saw geese going cuckoo at each other around the lake in a very not-normal way, I'm guessing this is mating-related - aggressive, get the hell out of here, you, you, other male, you!, or possibly an attempt to pitch woo, let me kees you - ow! - let me kees you - ow! - let me --.... you get the idea.

Birds are FUN.

Also, the cormorant I keep seeing around the lake seems to have a favorite perching log, and the wigeon population favors one specific bush to hide under. I'm getting better at this watching thing.