The bird is on the wing -- thump!

Maybe it has something to do with spring.

A couple of weeks ago, when I got to work one morning I kept hearing a thumping sound coming from the back room. It wasn't the Fax machine malfunctioning, nor was it someone trying to break in (or out; I got there before my staff did).

It was a bird hitting the window. I saw the wings flutter and saw the impact and heard the thump. The stupid bird kept flying into the window. It was almost as if he believed that if he kept hitting the glass often enough, he'd move the building out of his way and fly across the street.

Then I remembered, a year ago about this time, a bird — maybe the same one — repeatedly flew into the window. Thump!

For the last couple of weeks, that bird-brained bird keeps hitting the window. What's up with that?

Could it be that it's last year's bird, and it just keeps trying to move the building hoping this year he'll be successful?

Could it be he's the offspring of last year's bird and flying into windows is genetic?

Maybe he's suicidal. And determined. Albeit extremely unsuccessful which ought to make him even more suicidal.

It certainly isn't because the window glass is so clear that the bird can't tell it's a window.

That's it! Maybe he thinks the window is a big flat tree and he wants to land on it.

Is there such a thing as a neurotic, self-destructive bird?

Or do I have too much time on my hands?