Poor dear. She is looking for a mate. She sees herself in the window. Put some cardboard on the window and perhaps she will start. The Cardinal is Ohio state bird and I have many of them on my property. If you care to see, here are some of my cardinal photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohcorgis/ Look under Birds & Wildlife set to find the Cardinals BTW, I have had solid black squirrels with red tails. Unfortunately, I think mine did not survive the winter - we have a lot of hawks around here. Birgit Rhoads Woodland Hudson Oh wdlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.woodlandpwc.com Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Barbara Galasso wrote: > It is now 2:24 p.m. Ever since I got up this morning this female > cardinal has been pecking at one of my windows. I don't know where she > gets the energy. She just keeps flying at the window and gives it a > peck and then flies back to a branch outside the window. I don't know > why she's doing it. I don't see anything outside the window that she > could be interested in except maybe a tiny speck of a dead insect a > little higher than where she's pecking at. I feel sorry for her that > she continues to do this for hours and hours, but it's driving me crazy > listening to it. Anybody out there that is a bird watcher that might > know what's going on with this little bird? Barbara > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any > kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the > Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE > PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================