Three days ago this female Lesser Goldfinch began furiously attacking the chrome mirrors on our motor home. The best we could come up with was that she was probably jealous of the female image she saw on the mirror surface. We had observed the amorous relationship she was caring on with a male, and so in a jealous rage she was attempting to scratch the eyes out of the competition. After hours of this behavior we covered up the mirrors on the motor home with pillow cases. Then she moved her attack to the car mirrors. Next we covered the car mirrors with plastic shopping bags, so she moved to the car windows! I’m afraid she will not have any energy left to nest this season being so preoccupied with her competing image.
And maybe she's got a chip on her shoulder for being refered to as a "lesser" goldfinch!
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