Marvin Cooper wrote:
>
> Sadly, I found a red crossbill dead outside my front widow yesterday
> morning(near the entrance to Windemere, off Sand Point). I suspect that it
> flew into the window, though I could find no evidence of it. As this is the
> second time in 6 months that this has occured, I am looking for suggestions
> to make birds more cautious. Would an owl figure be of any use here?

By this time last year the living room picture window had taken hits by
2 hummers, a hermit thrush, and a black-throated gray warbler. I
stopped washing the window last December and, so far, haven't had a
single feathered fatality. The view isn't impaired and I'm guessing
that the patina on the glass makes it a little more obvious. I'm also
saved getting the ladder out and 45 minutes of work every couple of
weeks.

Walt Rector
Snoqualmie