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23-09-2005, 02:58 PM
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| | | Window Strikes
Argghh.. had the first window strike (that' I'm aware of) of the year the other day. It was only a male blackcap too  |
23-09-2005, 03:16 PM
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| | | How did it fair afterwards? We get quite a few each year from the starlings that raid the tree for berries at the front of the house. Luckily, every one of them has just landed on the floor, spent a couple of minutes getting over the shock and then flown off.
We've tried putting things in the window, including the dog, but nothing seems to work.
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23-09-2005, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by StuartDH How did it fair afterwards?. | Not very well, it was as stiff as a board when I found it, so it ended up as food for the red kite  |
23-09-2005, 07:30 PM
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| | | We get a few from time to time, the birds normally make a good recovery if given time to rest in safety, we usually place them in a ventilated cardboard box for an hour or so, this seems to do the trick & they fly off none-the worse for their experience!
On the other hand, about 6 months ago I was sitting in our front room watching the tv when a wood pigeon hit the glass in the patio doors at full speed, I'm affraid the pigeon died & I nearly hit the ceiling in shock, what a bang, how it didn't break the glass I will never know!!
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23-09-2005, 07:38 PM
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| | | Oh wow, that must have been one hell of a collsion. Those birds are huge!
One way of reducing window strikes is to make sure the birdfeeders aren't positioned close to the windows. |
23-09-2005, 07:53 PM
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| | Helen, you have no idea just how loud the bang was, a brick hitting the window couldn't have made more noise!
The feeders & table are a good 10 metres from the house so the only conclusion I could come to was that it had been panicked by the Sparrowhawk that makes regular hunting sorties through our garden, either that or it was trying to "ram-raid" the house  |
23-09-2005, 07:59 PM
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| | We've had quite a few dragonflies hit the windows during the past couple of months. You think with such incredibly huge and complicated eyes, they could at least see a pane of glass
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24-09-2005, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Fourwings The feeders & table are a good 10 metres from the house so the only conclusion I could come to was that it had been panicked by the Sparrowhawk that makes regular hunting sorties through our garden, either that or it was trying to "ram-raid" the house | yes, that's probably what happened! the sparrowhawk came in, and spooked it. | | |
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