Hi Henne and Ed,

Many garden and hardware stores carry "bird netting", a product
intended for protecting fruit trees and berry bushes from birds.
This black netting works very well for eliminating window strikes.
Stretch it tight some distance away from the glass, you may have
to build some kind of frame on which to stretch the net depending on
how your house is constructed. Initially you may react to it as a
visual blight, but over time your brain will adjust, and you will
look through it without seeing it, especially if you love wild
birds. It will be most visible when the sun is on it, and almost
undetectable in the shade. Likely you will not have to cover all
your windows, as it seems most strikes occur on a few windows, for
whatever reason. In my experience most strikes occur on east
facing windows in the morning, and most fatal strikes occur during
migratory periods, and when birds are in competition for nesting
territories. Hatch year birds are also at greater risk, it seems.
Seems the established year round residents learn where the windows
are and avoid them.

Stan Kostka
lynnandstan at earthlink.net
Arlington

Subject: Birds and Windows
From: "Edward Freedman" <edwardfreedman AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:28:02 -0800
We have a number of birds crashing into our windows, throughout the
day and
throughout the year. We've moved the bird feeder as far away as
feasible (we
have a very shallow yard) and would prefer not to remove it altogether.
We've tried hanging ribbons, reflective twirly things from Wild Birds
Unlimited, decals, etc., all without success.

We are thinking of installing some kind of mesh or screening on the
outside
of our windows. Has anyone done something like this? Did it work?
What
kind of material is suggested? We'd like something that would allow
light
in and our view out. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Henne Queisser and Ed Freedman
Redmond, WA