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Before I ran into problems with doves making themselves a bit too comfortable, every day I would put peanuts by my window, and even inside the apartment in some 3D printed bird feeders. Blue tits would often stand by the peanuts, look right at me, and then do their do their war-cry alert thing (no idea how to describe that in text), before taking their peanut and flying away.
Oh boy, you like to live dangerously. How did that go?
I'm doing the same (outside the window) with bird seed, so I'll sometimes enter my kitchen and find pigeons / collared doves staring at me. But they just stare and stare and then fly away. No war cries.
Consider yourself lucky! The city doves that made my windows their new home/bathroom would stand their ground against both me and any other bird who dared invade their territory. I was surprised by how aggressive they became.
I haven't seen any other birds there since the pigeons figured out my flower pots were filled with not flowers, but rainwater. Maybe they keep a close watch on their personal spa.
I don't doubt it for a second. I'd keep a close watch too if my personal spa was on the line.