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Expert: - 5/22/2007


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Recently a robin has been attacking its reflection from my car in addition to my house windows.  The house window attacks I can live with, but my car has been scratched on both sides.  I have tried to move it out of my driveway but the robin always seem to find it.  Is there anything I can do to prevent this without harming the robin?

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The Robin is attacking its reflection so the only way to stop him from doing that is to cover the car or put it in the garage (or move it far away). I'm surprized that the car is scratched as the claws and bill of a Robin are about as strong as weak plastic. Roger Lederer at Ornithology.com

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Roger Lederer

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Any and all about WILD birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.

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Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.

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PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico

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