Window strikes are deadly. Research has shown that approx. 50% of all unintentional window strikes either kill on impact, or cause injuries or delayed reflexes that result in deaths.

So while an imprint on the window is impressive, it was probably injurious to the hawk. Often the same window is being hit. For the sake of the birds it would be good to put something on the outside of the glass to make the glass
barrier visible to birds.

I write a weekly column in the Shoreline Area News, and it just so happens that I wrote about window strikes this week. By many
accounts this is the second highest cause of avian deaths--the first being removal of habitat.

Here is the link to this article, with some suggestions how to reduce window strikes, and a link to one of the products.


http://www.shorelineareanews.com/2011/04/for-birds-window-strikes-are-deadly.html?

Hope you enjoy.

My special thanks to the three tweeters who sent me pictures that I used:
Scott Carpenter
Janet Millard
Amy Schillinger


Christine Southwick
N Seattle/ Shoreline
clsouthwick at pugetsoundbirds.org
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