micky wrote:
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This site claims nearly a billion birds in the USA are killed every year
by hitting windows. That's 3 for every person in the country. I
don't believe it. They're just tryihg to sell something. How come
in my whole life I've only had one bird do that and he hit the window
hundreds of times and kept coming back for more, over at least 15
months.

we usually have a few knock themselves against the
windows each year. maybe one dies. seems to be the
most active during spring mating season. we've moved
one birdbath further away from the house too which
also seems to have helped reduce the numbers. i think
a bit of netting hanging down from the eves in front
of the windows would work to give the birds a sign that
it really isn't a passage through...

way back when the house was being built i was here
when a pheasant was being chased by a hawk and it
flew into the patio door. that was quite a loud
bang at the time and it left an outline on the window
of dust shaped just like it. it lived...

the most fun birds to watch are the hummingbirds
which think they are jousting another until they
figure it out and go away.


songbird