I recently hung Tibetan prayer flags outside my sun room windows, and hope
they'll keep the birds from striking the windows.
Vineeta in Alexandria
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts, With our
own thoughts we make the world." Gautama Buddha
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Leslie Sturges <lsturges@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I work in a nature center clad in large plate glass windows with no budget
for replacement glass, or anything else. We use a combination of methods to
stop the strikes. We've gotten it down significantly. We hang strips of
bird flutter tape, and in a stroke of brilliance, one of our managers
thought to place bare branches in front of the windows. We hang the
branches from the top and set some in buckets of sand at the bottom. It
creates a visual barrier for the birds and doesn’t detract from the view.
In fact, small birds use the branches as perches. We do need to replace the
branches periodically as they break down, but it's a lovely solution for us.
We use a few other methods because they are teaching tools and harness the
creativity of children: twist stiff wire into a spiral, let kids bead it
with translucent plastic pony beads, and hang it from a fishing line
spinner--it is a pretty craft, sparkly, and twists in the wind. Run a
'clothesline' in front of the problem area, let kids write 'bird wishes' on
strips of ribbon, and clip the ribbons to the line with mini clothespins.
It's cute, colorful, and effective.
Hope this is helpful!
Leslie
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On Behalf Of Deapesh Misra via va-bird
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:53 PM
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] UV stickers for windows.
Other ideas to try:
1> CDs/DVDs hung by threads so that they move in the wind2> cassette tape
(i read many years ago that some farmers used tape to scare away birds from
agricultural fields)
good luck,
_________
-Deapesh
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 8:44 PM, kfswearingen <
kfswearingen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My mother and I stumbled on the idea of windsocks in front of her
windows. The flapping cloth scares the birds away from the window. Since
she put them up a few years ago, she has had no bird strikes. I hope this
helps.
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We have consistently gotten window strikes on our large window facing the
back yard, over the years. Many birds survived, but a few died. Half of
my life records of Swainson's Thrush were made at a distance of 2 feet with
very, very cooperative birds.
Last fall we bought the UV stickers and also the UV goo that you apply
from a tube. We put them all over the window. During the next week we had
3 more strikes on that window.
The UV products did absolutely nothing to help the situation, in our
case. I do not recommend them.
I realize they may help in some situations and not others. However, I
don't know of anything unique about our case, that would explain their
failure for us.
We have resorted to hanging large sections of ordinary window screen
outside our windows. It's unattractive and it also hinders our view of the
back yard and birds.
I don't recommend that for anyone -- -- unless you are as desperate as we
are, to stop killing Swainson's Thrushes and Ovenbirds.
Steve Johnson & Lynn Rafferty
trying to kill less birds every year
in Fairfax, Virginia
On Apr 22, 2015, at 1:15 PM, pepherup--- via va-bird wrote:
sparrow in the yard. Pine siskins are still here every morning and today
Yesterday I was delighted to see a very crisp looking white crowned
there are three hummers fighting over the feeder. Yesterday I also had a
male orchard oriole and the first male blue bird I have seen since last
year. The first chimney swifts put in an appearance last evening. Still
no indigo buntings. Wind is so strong today that it is blowing the seed
out of the platform feeders and sloshing the nectar out of the hummingbird
feeder.
A question: An article in the Nature Conservancy magazine indiscussing birds flying into windows mentioned that you could get a sticker
that reflected ultra violet light which birds could see but not humans. I
couldn't get any more information about such a product. Does anyone know
anything about this?
Peggy Lyons
Concord
Campbell County
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