BIRDS

[larryJ]

Second note:  It has been about 30 minutes or so from the time the bird hit the slider.  I just now got up to start doing some chores and grabbed some paper towels to pick the bird up and dispose of him.  I opened the slider and noticed the red plumage and thought at first it was blood, but it was feathers.  As I bent to pick him up (He is laying on his back) he rolled over and took off.  I have never seen one lay there that long without moving.  Totally amazing!!!!

Larryj

[Mom70x7]

Happy ending!

[sixdogsmom]

Larry, do you know the magnetic cutouts that people put on their doors for different holidays? They make some that are birds; put some of those on your sliding doors, and that should stop birds from hurting themselves by flying into the glass.

[pamagain]

Birds crash into my house a LOT can't figure it out............a hawk hit it last week....pretty sure he was trying to get a cat lunch tho lol. That will freak you out tho havin a big hawk hit your window!

[W. Gray]

This bird may have also hit a glass window somewhere.

Many on the forum have probably seen this photo of an Eastern Bluebird at one time or another. The photo was taken in 1979 by an electrician by the name of Michael Smith, an avid birdwatcher.

We have a "stained glass" reproduction of the  photo. The electrician has said that he does not consider this photo to be one of his best.

[larryJ]

SDM, actually if I would close the screen behind the slider, that would a softer "hit."  The feeder itself is about 30 feet away and the overhang over the patio hangs out about ten feet from the slider and the edge of the roof of the overhang is only about seven feet above the ground.  Although my 6'6" son can walk under this overhang without hitting his head, he still ducks.  So, the point is:  it takes a lot for a hummingbird to leave the feeder fly straight in under the overhang and hit the door.  I don't generally close the screen since we have had R.A.M.B.O. as he might tear through it.  In the summertime, we just leave everything open just enough for him to squeeze through.  Wonder what would happen if the hummingbird came through the open door?  That would be fun!!

Larryj

[Diane Amberg]

Earlier this winter a sharp shined hawk hit the dining room slider and died. It was chasing a bird from our feeder and when the bird took a hard right at the slider, the hawk didn't. I finally taped strips of foil on the inside and outside of the door so the birds can see it. As they wiggle in the air they attract the birds attention. Ugly but effective....and cheap.

[pamagain]

 I don't have a slider just a double window in the front......I think it's just they get to divin around and the currents throw em off or somethin. They generally hit the side of the house. The hawk was tryin to catch a cat and just didn't pull up soon enough the kitten ran for the porch LOL

[Ms Bear]

Diane, you can hang CD's that you don't need anymore and they don't look bad and the birds can see them in time to not hit the window.  We hung these over our blackberries but don't know if they actually helped there or not.

[Diane Amberg]

Hey, I like that idea...thanks! I remember many years ago my parents hanging aluminum pie plates in the cherry trees and in the garden to keep the birds and rabbits away.I never was sure if it worked or not. They always planted extra so regardless we'd have enough.