Trying to protect birds.

I’ve had a problem with songbirds, especially American Goldfinches, flying into my living room windows – the fixed portion and the casement windows on each side of it. Thankfully I’ve never seen one killed.

I bought a kit with a roll of clear tape which has small dots embedded every 2”. You install a length of tape the length (or width) of your window, use the supplied mini squeegee to press it down, peel off the clear tape and the dots are left behind on the glass. Move over 2”, install another length, repeat until the entire window has dots spaced 2” apart. The dots are a visual cue that this is a solid that you can’t fly through.

This is a huge, huge problem, particularly during migration seasons, in cities with reflectorized windows on mid- and high-rise buildings. Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP Canada).

https://flap.org

Before. To a bird this casement window looks like open air.


 And after.

I do hope this helps.

On the move.

Turkey Vultures are on the move, starting to head south for the season. I counted 40 a short time ago and was fortunate to capture this one.

Silhouetted.

Silhouetted agains a grey, grey overcast, a Turkey Vulture rides the wind.

Hovers.

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers near the feeder. Shot through the kitchen window and attendant screen, so a little blurry.

No time.

I had no time to get out from under the hydro lines to capture this flight of Turkey Vultures soaring on the early evening wind before they departed the scene.

This Northern Cardinal seems to be hunting for a tidbit.

Silhouetted.

A crow is silhouetted against the morning light.

Ah, this was why!

The other day, several crows that hang around my workplace were unusually agitated. Ah, this was why! A hawk saw fit to perch.

Gliding along.

Faye got this really good image of an adult Canada goose and two goslings gliding along.

Forages.

An American Robin forages.