Lerxst
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The link below has an overview of a project I have mostly completed at our house, to eliminate the occasional bird/glass interaction. We have a large wall of windows that we have been trying to "fix" for several years now.
We had been using vinyl sihouettes of raptors, but it simply was not working. So we added more every year, with similar poor results.
During a recent trip, I forget where, exactly, we came across a visitor center with a lot of windows, which were tastefully decorated on the outside with a series of parallel strings or cords hanging down a few inches apart. So I tried to devise something similar at home. In the process I stumbled across a site that manufactures these structures, but also has a lot of DIY advice.
Too early to tell how effective this is, but it sure looks a lot better, and I cannot imagine birds flying into this.
legallyblindbirding.net
We had been using vinyl sihouettes of raptors, but it simply was not working. So we added more every year, with similar poor results.
During a recent trip, I forget where, exactly, we came across a visitor center with a lot of windows, which were tastefully decorated on the outside with a series of parallel strings or cords hanging down a few inches apart. So I tried to devise something similar at home. In the process I stumbled across a site that manufactures these structures, but also has a lot of DIY advice.
Too early to tell how effective this is, but it sure looks a lot better, and I cannot imagine birds flying into this.
How to Make Windows Safe for Birds - Michael Hurben, PhD
We are fortunate: we have the means to own a home. We bought it some fifteen years ago as it checked all the boxes for what our family needed at the time. It also had a feature that we were ambivalent about, something both enchanting and terrible: an east-facing living room wall, two stories high,
legallyblindbirding.net
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