God help me, but I’m ready to take the shotgun to you. I mean, you do nothing but yell all day long. Sure, the cats are sitting in the window, but they can’t fucking get to you! Can’t you see that? Is there any reason to sit there making that godawful racket? I mean, it’s not even a real chirp. What kind of stupid bird are you? And the dive bombing the window. Oh, that makes you look real smart.
You’re ugly, too.
Sorry.
Open the window.
[bird, sitting on branch over throatshot’s car] PLOP [/bird, sitting on branch over throatshot’s car]
Little bird with yellow bill
perched upon my windowsill.
I coaxed him in with crumbs of bread
and then I smashed his fucking head.
BTW, I got a great laugh the other day when one of these birds chased a cat across the street. I mean, it kept hitting the cat on the butt. Oh, but that was hilarious.
Anyone know what breed of bird it is? They’re brown, a little smaller than a cardinal, not at all pretty, and they only make two sounds, a short “chh” (hard “ch” sound) and something that almost sounds like a squawk.
when I took a botony class, my TA’s girlfriend was an ornithologist.
she said that ornithologists have a special name for such birds:
L.B.B.
which stood for Little Brown Bird.
not that that helps you any, but I found it amusing.
could it be a female cardinal? I have been seeing loads of them lately.
I think I’m a worse person for it, but I can’t stop laughing at this. Oh great, now I’m snorting.
A little birdie sped.
Into my glass door.
Hit his little head,
Fell down stone cold dead,
Onto the patio floor.
No, it’s not a female cardinal, BNB. It sounds a bit like this: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/Song/h5110so.wav but it’s not black, so I don’t think it’s a common grackle.
Could it be a martin? It’s my understanding that they have an affinity for chasing intruders, particularly crows. Will try to find some pictures.
LM
my infinite knowledge of birds is as follows:
cardinals
blue birds
flamingos
chickens/roosters
ducks
penguins
eagles
condors
dodos
your bird doesn’t sound like any of those, so my this concludes my helpfulness.
Meka Leka Hi Meka Hiney Ho:
nice name. Jamby (sp?) would be so proud!
Took another look at her. She’s not as big as I thought (must be those nightmares making her seem bigger). She’s about six inches from beak to end of tail, and she’s very thin. She has a tail about as long as her body, and she has two white stripes on her wings. I’ve been looking at this website http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/ to try to figure out what she is, but no luck so far.
Could it be a mockingbird? Those things will divebomb anything or anyone when they are in the mood.
Oh, gosh yes. The mockingbirds around our house in Georgia kept my poor cat close to the perimeter of the house for months every year. If she dared to venture into open space the mockingbirds would divebomb mercilessly. Hit her a couple times, too. They were the only creatures Muffin seemed to be afraid of.
I now have to clean my monitor from spitting coffee on it, but this is worth a space in my sig on my other message board. 
:bowing deeply:
At your service, m’lady.
Definitely not based on the sound. This bird’s sound is raucous. Now I’m on a mission to figure out what this damn bird is.
Pretty sure it’s got to be a mockingbird. The behavior you describe fits the birds to a T, and they do have white patches on their wings which they like to flash. Does your bird also have white patches on its tail? You can read a little about mockingbirds here:
The call and the song can be quite harsh, as you describe. I’ve noticed this more so when they are defending territory. Oh, and it’s apparently Texas’ state bird!
Actually, LouisB, if it weren’t for the sound, I’d believe in a heartbeat that it was a mockingbird. It looks just like this:
But the only sound I’ve ever heard it make is this one.