Comments on: 9 Ways to Help Birds Avoid Window Collisions

By: April Verellen Cyrul

April Verellen Cyrul — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:06:00 +0000

How would it get under a decal? I thought decals were stuck to the window? Are you talking about the hawk silhouette they tell about above? I wonder if that works? I don’t see how a bird would get under that? I am getting that it is supposed to be hung by fishing line so it will swing freely so that smaller birds think it is a moving hawk. Does anyone have any ideas. We have huge windows but there is no way to get up to them. The one that is a problem is about 18 ft up from our great room floor. That is near the top. To reach it from outside you have to be on the ground outside the walkout basement. Basement has 11 ft. Ceilings. I know that when my husband washes the windows, he is up very high on the ladder with a very long pole to reach the top of the window. That doesn’t allow us to put a decal up there.

By: jhon

jhon — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:12:00 +0000

no they hit my tinted windows more.

By: PetSitter HouseSitter

PetSitter HouseSitter — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:19:00 +0000

I don’t quite agree with the last paragraph. Unfortunately, we wishfully think the bird is just stunned if it flies away. In reality, most suffer internal hemmoraging, brain swelling & broken bones or limbs and endur horrible pain. They usually fall victim to prey or die from their injuries. Please do what you can to help, especially during mating & hatching season.

By: jist

jist — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:17:57 +0000

Is it possible to hang a windsock or hummingbird feeder to deter the birds? We love our large windows, but hate seeing the birds crash into it!

By: linda

linda — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:11:54 +0000

a chicadee flew right under our hawk sillouette decal, — and died– so much for that theory– i have been putting up vines– morning glory, etc, and leaving them up over the winter–it adds nice garden interest- and
covers the glass nicely– i used sewing thread to give the vines support – and they are staying up nicely

By: Ronny

Ronny — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:48:00 +0000

The only thing you should apply is move the food for the birds to the back of the garden. This will do it.

By: goedkoopste

goedkoopste — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:03:19 +0000

Hi,

This is good discussion for caring about the birds. I have some suggestion.

1. Install a light window tint.
2. Do not put food around your window
3. Do not put water around your window

Thanks,
goedkoopste autoverzekering

By: jolene

jolene — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:21 +0000

Thank you for caring about the birds! Another suggestion, not about windows, but if you have a water bath or feeder, place it away from low bushes where cats can hide.

By: earthwarrior

earthwarrior — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:08:58 +0000

Window tints are in my opinion the best solutions. You can see out, the birds can’t see in. {Or they can barely see in.} Many of them if not most of them are also UV-blocking, which has an added health benefit of blocking cancer-causing UVA rays, which come right through an untinted window.

By: Industrial Monitors

Industrial Monitors — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:48:07 +0000

Well if you have that sort of problem ArmorWorks, you could just try one of these two simple steps which we have used at our works:
1. Put blinds up that way you can turn the blinds around so you can still see just as much out your office windows but it makes enought of a point to a brid that its a window or something is in the way etc.
2. Install a light window tint, this is prob my fav option as it looks nice, it does the job for birds seeing there is an obstruction and best of all it helps to keep the office cooler in the summer and on hot days.

IMO #2 is the better option for this kind of problem, but its up to you as it all depends on personal prefferances.

By: ArmorWorks

ArmorWorks — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:53:33 +0000

This has been great – my office has a large number of very reflective windows which often result in the death of birds. I think we'll try the anti-reflective film.

By: PC Monitors

PC Monitors — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:53:38 +0000

Not always very nice, but if it is a real problem you could simply not clean the window that they strike for a while. Do your bit for nature!