Glazed and Confused

Hi Lloyd, my mum had a robin attacking his reflection in one of her windows, during the breeding season, he was very persistant this went on for a couple of days until blood started to appear on the window,which was worrying so my mum did something about it, she taped a few strips taken from a carrier bag to the window it didn't look very nice but it did the trick they moved about a bit in the breeze and put him off going near the window.

Hi Lloyd

You have mentioned a subject close to my heart.  We lost a Song Thrush, and a couple of Finches when they hit our large lounge window a few years ago and it was very upsetting to hear and see.

I have a few of bought silouettes (pkt) of the bird Falcons Kestrels etc...but as we are in a rental we do not want to mess up the glass.  I am not sure if the silouttes are easy to remove if need be

I feel if you have a problem with a particular window it is placing something that will detract the birds so the bird flies in the other direction.  A wind chime (large or small depending on size of window) might do the trick along with something like cut up baco-foil flying in the wind will kills of the refection by being the new destracting thing that the bird can see.

IMHO, Plants will attract the birds if placed on the window shelf so is not a good thing to do.

i have heard of birds attacking car mirrors.  So that is a test to show if they see another one of themselves they will get stressed at the situation even though they are creating it.  I do not know what to do there except place protective hoods over the mirrors.

Interesting to hear what others say

Regards

Kathy and Dave

Hi Kathy, al lyou have to do with car mirrors is to fold them in to the carbody. Why don't the birds ever eat the spider that always lives behind the wing mirrors?

Hi Brenda

I did not know you can do that with car mirrors.  We have an old car so that is not possible.

Are all modern car mirrors able to fold back into the body.

True about the spiders behind the mirrors - the bird never eat them. 

I have seen Blue tits eating al the bugs from the outside window frames.  They are more clever with windows, and I feel and they are more agile.

Regards

Kathy and Dave

Unknown said:

Hi Kathy, al lyou have to do with car mirrors is to fold them in to the carbody. Why don't the birds ever eat the spider that always lives behind the wing mirrors?

My patio window is so dirty nothing would fly into it! LOL. Just kidding.  I have vertical blinds across my large window which i open to view the garden, but generally they are pulled accross and open which gives the window a striped effect I suppose.

Sarah

I did have my sons friend over after school once and as he entered the house he tried to run into the garden through the closed patio door. He had a large bruise that I had to explain to his mother!!!

bramble67 said:

My patio window is so dirty nothing would fly into it! LOL. Just kidding.  I have vertical blinds across my large window which i open to view the garden, but generally they are pulled accross and open which gives the window a striped effect I suppose.

Sarah

I did have my sons friend over after school once and as he entered the house he tried to run into the garden through the closed patio door. He had a large bruise that I had to explain to his mother!!!

 

Hi Bramble, I apologize in advance everybody for going completley off  thread, but after reading this it reminded me of something I just have to tell Bramble, sorry and I won't do it again.

Talking of having to explain things to mothers, my stepfather when he was a young boy decided it would be a good idea to cut all his sisters friends hair off when she was over for a play one day, she had beautiful long hair, his mother had to take her home minus all her hair, imagine having to explain that one, LOL !!!!

Sorry back to the subject in hand now.

CLEANING STICKERS off WINDOWS

Hi,

a squirt of lighter fuel or vinegar and then scraping with an old razor blade normally gets most stickers off:)

S

Hi,

one spring we had a chaffinch tapping on the windows every morning, he moved around the house anti clockwise  through the morning but had a favourite corner of  each window. He continued until  June :)

Blue tits regularly tap the lounge window but that seems to be for spiders in the corner. Wrens do the same window :)

S

GLAZED Visitor..

My son's friend also ran full tilt into a clean closed patio window - he was OK, so was the dog when she tried it.  A goldcrest had to recover in the garage for a while :)

S