Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot. I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

[8~{} Uncle Flying Monster

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows?
My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds.
His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch.
Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot.
I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers magazine
and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film that refracts light
in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^
http://abirdseyeview.com/
[8~{} Uncle Flying Monster



I've not heard of owls hitting windows - but certainly songbirds.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/p...94,40727,56097

John T.


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On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:31:56 -0500, Uncle Monster
wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My
brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His
housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front
porch. Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that
tasty looking parrot. I was in a doctor's office this morning when I
picked up a bird watchers magazine and came across an ad for a company
that manufactures a window film that refracts light in such a way that
the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

[8~{} Uncle Flying Monster

I had a couple Robins head butting my south window a few years ago. I
think they were flying into the reflection of sky above my neighbor's
house. My windows are just plain glass.


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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:31:56 -0700 (PDT), Uncle
Monster wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows?

I had this for a few weeks, each of two years in a row, iirc. A medium
size bird, size of robin or starling, would zoom into the sliding glass
door, regroup, and then do it again a couple minutes later. For 10 or
20 minutes. Then he'd go around to the front of the house and do the
same thing with that sliding glass door.

Then I think he stopped, but showed up again the following year.

My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot. I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

Good to know about, but there was nothing in my house worth having,
except the stereo, and I don't think the bird wanted that. Certainly
nothing that could be seen from both sides of the house.

AFAIK, it didn't kill the bird. It certainly didn't the first 400
times.

[8~{} Uncle Flying Monster

On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:00:43 -0400, wrote:


Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows?
My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds.
His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch.
Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot.

You can just cut out bird looking images from black construction paper
and tape them on the windows. The humane society in one city I once
lived, actually sold them. Look up some of the H.S. on the web and I bet
they would sell those things, or at least show you what they look like.

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:31:56 -0700 (PDT), Uncle
Monster wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot. I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

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.

[8~{} Uncle Flying Monster

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:57:53 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:31:56 -0700 (PDT), Uncle
Monster wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot. I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

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.


I saw the first one when I was a kid in grammar school. We kids heard something slam into the classroom window and when we went outside, we found a dead bird with a broken neck. I think we gave it a proper burial. That was back in the middle of the last century. Perhaps evolution has rid the world of most stupid birds? ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Bird Monster

micky wrote:
....
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

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:46:27 -0400, songbird
wrote:

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...

Birds are known to eat fermented berries, makes them drunk and they
fly into objects like windows.

Have a photo somewhere, where a small owl flew into a sliding glass
door. Made a perfect print when it knocked the dust off it. You could
see details of the feather -- wings spread, etc.

I have hummingbirds fly into my garage when open. Hover around the red
rope and plastic knob -- thinking it is a flower. Happens often. Then
the fly out.

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 8:40:33 AM UTC-7, Oren wrote:

I have hummingbirds fly into my garage when open. Hover around the red
rope and plastic knob -- thinking it is a flower. Happens often. Then
the fly out.

Had one fly into my greenhouse and was finally able to chase it out.
Found a second one months later, dead :-(

In article ,
Uncle Monster wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My
brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate
had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were
bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot.
I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers
magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film
that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying
into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

The window film might work if it eliminates the bird's reflection.

Your Brother's birds might have thought the parrot was invading their
territory. Either that or they saw their own reflection and thought
they were attacking another bird.

A few months ago I heard something hit my window with a loud thump. I
went outside and found a dazed hawk standing nearby. All of a sudden a
small owl flew down as if to attack the hawk. The hawk reacted,
spreading its wings to appear larger, and the owl flew away.

Fred

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 11:34:39 AM UTC-5, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
Uncle Monster wrote:

Have you ever had a bird fly into the glass of one of your windows? My
brother is living next to a nature preserve with lots of birds. His housemate
had a green African parrot in a cage on the glassed in front porch. Owls were
bouncing off the windows when they tried to get at that tasty looking parrot.
I was in a doctor's office this morning when I picked up a bird watchers
magazine and came across an ad for a company that manufactures a window film
that refracts light in such a way that the birds can see it and avoid flying
into the treated windows. ^_^

http://abirdseyeview.com/

The window film might work if it eliminates the bird's reflection.

Your Brother's birds might have thought the parrot was invading their
territory. Either that or they saw their own reflection and thought
they were attacking another bird.

A few months ago I heard something hit my window with a loud thump. I
went outside and found a dazed hawk standing nearby. All of a sudden a
small owl flew down as if to attack the hawk. The hawk reacted,
spreading its wings to appear larger, and the owl flew away.

Fred

My brother is on top of a mountain next to The Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve. There are all sorts of wild critters and feral cats in the area that munch on the birds. There are birds of every kind on that mountain and those birds make a lot of noise. I live farther down the mountain in the valley and there are also a lot of birds around where I live. ^_^

http://ruffnermountain.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffne...ature_Preserve

Wikipedia got one thing wrong, it's not in Irondale which borders the area where my brother lives inside the Birmingham City limits but the preserve may extend into Irondale. I'll have to check the map but I'm sure it's in Birmingham. The area is beautiful and full of trees and the area where I live is in a neighborhood next to his and the trees are not as thick but there are still a lot of them. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Tree Monster

On 10/13/2015 09:40 AM, Oren wrote:
I have hummingbirds fly into my garage when open. Hover around the red
rope and plastic knob -- thinking it is a flower. Happens often. Then
the fly out.

I've got a canopy on the pickup with a bunk in the bed. I was shaded up
one hot afternoon with the tailgate and window open for the breeze and
half asleep. A hummingbird flew in, took the twenty five cent tour,
decided there wasn't anything to eat in the cave, and left.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:21:47 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

I've got a canopy on the pickup with a bunk in the bed. I was shaded up
one hot afternoon with the tailgate and window open for the breeze and
half asleep. A hummingbird flew in, took the twenty five cent tour,
decided there wasn't anything to eat in the cave, and left.

We have small hawks her in the desert. One perched in a tree across
the street, saw the prey and chased it down near the other neighbors
door. Perched back in the tree it came from, plucked feathers and ate
lunch. Birds are marvels when you watch.

My favorite has always been the Belted kingfisher. Wish I could fish
that well...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_kingfisher#Ecology_and_behaviour