[NatureNS] Window collision, with bad results

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:22:44 -0300
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6px=3B=22=3EHi Joyce and All=2C=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5F=
moz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EWhen I lived in another house we had sliding gl=
ass doors to the patio and we often had birds fly into the glass doors=2E=
 I tried hanging =27stuff=27 inside so they could see something=2C but t=
here were / was still the odd collision=2E It was when I started to put =
=27stuff=27 outside of the window that the collisions stopped=2E The eas=
iest idea I found to carry out was little finger prints of white tole pa=
int=2C ( I don=27t think the color matters=2C but I started this during =
winter ) randomly placed on the outside of the windows=2E I think from t=
he=A0 bird=27s eye view ( ha!) they were able to see something before th=
e glass itself and they knew not to fly to close=2E If it snowed or rain=
ed=2C and the paint washed off=2C it was easy to replace=2E I suspect th=
e yellow hilighter idea works on the same principle=2C that the birds ar=
e able to see something between them and the window and the reflection=2E=
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=3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22=3EI was on the couch watchin=
g the animal shows I so enjoy on =

Sunday mornings=2C at about 9=3A30=A0and could see something coming in a=
t a =

fairly good speed=2C plow into the window and drop like a stone=2E I bro=
ught the =

little bird in=2C but it died shortly after=2E I think it was a black an=
d white =

warbler=2E Others that have hit the picture window=2C have generally com=
e from the =

feeders about 10 feet away in the maple tree so they aren=27t flyng quit=
e as fast =

as this little one=2E Between the crows and being away=2C there was noth=
ing in the =

feeders=2E I used to have another in the crab tree a bit closer and off =
to the =

side of the window but had to get rid of it because of the crows=2E I=27=
ll try to =

put something back there=2E If they stop at the feeder=2C t hey might no=
t see the =

picture window from the same angle and not fly into it=2E This poor litt=
le soul is =

the first fatality=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E
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=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22=3EI know there has been discussion a=
bout how to keep birds =

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