If you're up for a simple art project, I have some pdf's on my
website of four raptor silhouettes. You can print them on 8.5" x 11"
paper, cut out the silhouettes, and tape them inside your doors:

http://songbirdphoto.com/wordpress/?p=136

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
tweeters "at" dartfrogmedia "dot" com
http://www.SongbirdPhoto.com




At 12:32 PM 12/1/2012, Suzanne SP wrote:
>I lurk and don't post often on this list, but enjoy the posts. I
>thought I'd share a recent, disturbing event with a group of fellow
>bird-lovers - it's still bothering me!
>
>We have glass front and back doors on our log house. I have bird
>feeders and a bird bath in front of the house. Last Sunday, we heard
>this loud "bang" and thought one of the cats knocked over a box
>upstairs. I looked all around and didn't see a thing. Then, when I
>went by the porch, I looked out and there was this beautiful, but
>dead, Varied Thrush. Obviously, s/he had flown into the door at
>amazing speed. I believe its neck was broken; it was definitely dead
>and not just stunned. It still had seeds in its mouth from our feeder.
>
>I love when the Varied Thrushes arrive in the winter; we live in the
>woods on Bainbridge Island and they usually show up when it's
>unusually cold in the mountains. Such a gorgeous bird.
>
>Anyway, thanks for listening/reading. I think I needed to share this
>with other bird lovers; it's on my mind and in my heart. We haven't
>had any other birds fly into our doors/windows in the 5 years we've
>been here. Maybe it's time to get some of those stickers on our door...
>
>Suzanne
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