Attacked by birds!

[Airwave503]

I have a half decent polish job on my restored '61. Was enjoying a week of camping near Santa Cruz, CA. On day 5 we woke up to a poking/pecking sound. It didn't last that long and I figured the birds were eating bugs off the roof. Over the next couple of days the number of birds and persistence increased to the point they we're waking us up at 5am and going at it all day!

I don't know if it's a fighting thing or spring time mating thing but it's happened to my car rear view mirrors with these little grey and black birds. And like my car doors, we escaped on day 8 with bird poop all over the place!

I may need to think about some kind of cover!

[Hittenstiehl]

I've heard of this before and the posters thought the birds were attracted to their reflections.

[Lineolated]

Photo montage from Coe Landing campground near Tallahassee:

[Rich W]

When my 1989 Toyota pickup was new it attracted several crows every day for several weeks at my work parking lot. They would sit on the roof and peck at it or sit on the mirrors and make a mess down the side. Back home a robin in a nearby tree kept attacking it. I assume to protect its young but it sat on the mirror and flew against the passenger window, making a mess of it.

I believe the term is bird brain.