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How to keep birds from crashing windows

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  1. dgeesaman

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    It was a nuisance before but today a woodpecker died flying into our living room window. I assume they're seeing the reflections.

    What works to keep them from doing this?
     
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    No idea, but that happened a couple times when I had houses with big picture windows.
     
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    Quit washin yer winders. The birds think it's an open hole they can fly into.
     
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    Someone I know put up a picture of an owl in the window. Doesn't have to be in the middle of the window. A stain glass Owl would really look nice. What they see is the reflection of any trees or bushes in your yard and they don't understand the concept of mirrors.
     
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    From the outside, I see the reflection. It happens in the daytime when it's sunny and reflections are clear.
     
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    I have a plastic owl that I'll sometimes outside our south living room window. The birds only fly into the glass a few weeks a year in the spring and fall when the light hits it just right. The owl seems to make them take a u-turn.
     
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    Want to borrow my dogs? They will have your windows covered in noseprint smears and muddy paw marks in no time :)
     
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    There are small silhouette stickers of birds of prey that you stick to the window.
     
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    Open the window.............................:rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    A scare crow would work also. I'm sure my wife would sell you this one pretty cheap. I been scaring living creatures for 55 years now and no complaints.
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