Subject: Window hits (was crossbills)
Date: May 19 13:33:17 1997
From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers - woodduck at cruzio.com


At 11:34 AM 5/19/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Another suggestion that I have seen
>successfully used is to hang netting in front of
>the offending windows - the kind of netting
>sold in garden centers to cover berry crops
>to keep birds out.

Something I found successful was lighting. Leaving a light on near the
window seems to make them understand that the glass is there. We still had
an occasional hit though (sigh). Oddly, the majority of the accidents were
female Evening Grosbeaks.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com


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