Woodpecker survived window strike and other birdie pix

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:37 PM - Edit history (2)

Today after striking the same window that killed a Rose-breasted Grosbeak May 18th: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027841026

He was breathing and his eyes were blinking immediately after striking the window. He started moving his head after a few minutes. We knew from that he would be ok. After about 15 minutes he jumped to his feet and flew back into the forest.

He is a Downy Woodpecker: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker/id



On the left, a Sparrow feeds it's baby. That is a squirrel feeder BTW.



Our tiki fountain is a bird favorite place. We are trying to keep the turkeys from bathing in it. Cleaning up after they poop in it is no fun. You can just see the water spout.





Birds aren't the only creatures that fly that stop by the fountain.

[Skittles]

1. hey

hey, can't something be placed on that window, a sticker or something?

beautiful pictures

[Frustratedlady]

4. I used a picture of an owl and that stopped one crazy robin that would not stop trying to get in my

house.

He hit it so much, he slobbered on the glass until it was white. The picture put a stop to that month-long practice in a matter of minutes.

Worth a try.

[Omaha Steve]

7. Every window on the house has warning stickers for birds

Put them up when we bought the house.

Obstructing the view of the birdbath is a hawk. Some are hummingbirds. They don't show up well in the picture.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Hey, I was about to recommend the opaque-in-UV silhouettes !

I see my input is not needed.

(But for those who haven't heard -- AND there's a UV-reflecting paint:
http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/blog/2013/09/18/uv-reflecting-glass-tapes-decals-liquids-home-windows/
http://www.flap.org/residential_new.php)

[rhett o rick]

2. I like to sit in my living room early and have the curtains up.

For 4 days in a row, robins hit my window. All survived but one. It must be something about the time of day and the reflection on the window. I have changed my routine and leave the curtains closed to prevent more robins from hitting the window.

[Chevy]

5. You can buy special bird stickers

I have them on all my windows. Work great maybe only have one bird hit a year now down from 15-20.

[Omaha Steve]

8. See reply #7 for a photo

They help but don't completely prevent.

[Chevy]

9. I agree but they sure help n/t

[flamingdem]

3. Happened to me yesterday, birdie hit the porch door

and tumbled onto the floor next to my chair. His legs were up in the air and he slowly stopped breathing. After 15 min I brushed something near him and he flew away.

Same thing happened an hour later but this time he stayed glued to a cable wire by the wall with his beak resting on the wall for 10 minutes. Figured this was a young bird learning the ropes.

What is it when they just freeze like that..

[packman]

6. We constantly had birds flying into our glass sliding doors

in Pennsylvania. Our next door neighbor suggested buying one of those plastic owls sold at hardware stores and we mounted it in the garden next to the doors. No more bird suicides; however, it did scare them away from the garden so it was a bit of a loss there.

[gordianot]

10. I had this happen last year to a blue jay.

The two yard cats were very interested I put the cats in the garage in about half an hour the blue jay was gone. The cats were upset but half a can of wet cat food and all was forgiven.

[Lord Magus]

11. Last summer I was having birds hit my bedroom window just about every morning for a while.

Never saw an injured bird outside after the impacts, whoever it was just hit the window and flew away like nothing happened. Though given that, it might actually have been the same bird every day. I don't remember what type of bird it was.

[Omaha Steve]

13. UPDATE

We turned up the settings on our security system. We had no turkey poop to deal with this A.M.

Our filter (photo below) is happy.