I have a country home in texas and we have a cardinal that, like clockwork at 6pm every evening, continuously flys into our bedroom windows. Over and over for hours. I think He sees the reflection of the trees and is trying to get to them. We tried putting an owl statue on the outside ledge to no avail. I’m really afraid he’s going to break his beak, or worse, his neck. What solutions do you birdfiles have? I would love to relocate him so he does hurt himself but as a protected species, this is probably out of the question.
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Cardinal trying to kill himself (1 Viewer)
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Deb Burhinus
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Hi Alex
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Yes, your Cardinal may see himself in the window and being territorial thinking this is another bird. Some species do a territorial sweep of the area before roosting and Cardinals are extremely territorial during mating season which has basically started - here our Blackbirds do this during the breeding season fighting and alarming with other male Blackbirds just before roosting down for the night.
You could try these from Amazon - try a hawk or owl!
I see Kits beat me to it while I was googling a link! (They do work to prevent window strikes too)
Welcome to Birdforum!
Yes, your Cardinal may see himself in the window and being territorial thinking this is another bird. Some species do a territorial sweep of the area before roosting and Cardinals are extremely territorial during mating season which has basically started - here our Blackbirds do this during the breeding season fighting and alarming with other male Blackbirds just before roosting down for the night.
You could try these from Amazon - try a hawk or owl!
I see Kits beat me to it while I was googling a link! (They do work to prevent window strikes too)
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When I had this problem I put a board on the top of the window and one at the bottom and then stapled a thick screen to the top and bottom. You don't want to use anything else but a screen so they don't wind up getting their head stuck. Good luck guy!!
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When I had this problem I put a board on the top of the window and one at the bottom and then stapled a thick screen to the top and bottom. You don't want to use anything else but a screen so they don't wind up getting their head stuck. Good luck guy!!
