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    From super70s@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 27 16:10:48 2023
    It happened again, I'm always sad to open my back door and see a dead
    sparrow lying on the ground, apparently crashing into the storm door
    which in my case is just one big sheet of glass. The strange thing is
    there's a regular door a few inches behind it with a 9-pane window on
    top and blinds on the other side, so there's no "open room" that would
    be visible to the bird to try to fly into.

    Seems like it's always sparrows, they must be prone to do this sometimes.

    I always give them a decent burial in the nearby woods.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 28 18:24:13 2023
    On 1/27/2023 5:10 PM, super70s wrote:
    It happened again, I'm always sad to open my back door and see a dead
    sparrow lying on the ground, apparently crashing into the storm door
    which in my case is just one big sheet of glass. The strange thing is
    there's a regular door a few inches behind it with a 9-pane window on
    top and blinds on the other side, so there's no "open room" that would
    be visible to the bird to try to fly into.

    Seems like it's always sparrows, they must be prone to do this sometimes.

    I always give them a decent burial in the nearby woods.


    Awwww. :( Several years ago there was a bird that kept flying into the
    back window of my bedroom. I think it was doing it on purpose although
    I couldn't say why. I keep the window blinds in that room down so
    there's no way the bird thought it could fly straight through. I didn't
    find a dead bird, though. Maybe it got a headache and gave up. Sorry
    to hear about the sparrow.

    Jill

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  • From Wilson@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sun Jan 29 14:06:44 2023
    On 1/28/2023 6:24 PM, jmcquown wrote:
    On 1/27/2023 5:10 PM, super70s wrote:
    It happened again, I'm always sad to open my back door and see a dead
    sparrow lying on the ground, apparently crashing into the storm door
    which in my case is just one big sheet of glass. The strange thing is
    there's a regular door a few inches behind it with a 9-pane window on
    top and blinds on the other side, so there's no "open room" that would
    be visible to the bird to try to fly into.

    Seems like it's always sparrows, they must be prone to do this sometimes.

    I always give them a decent burial in the nearby woods.


    Awwww. :(  Several years ago there was a bird that kept flying into the back window of my bedroom.  I think it was doing it on purpose although I couldn't say why.  I keep the window blinds in that room down so there's no way the bird thought it could fly straight through.  I didn't find a dead bird, though.  Maybe it got a headache and gave up.  Sorry to hear about the
    sparrow.

    Jill
    Always a shame, but coming in like a free bird in flight can still happen
    due to reflections if they come in a bit of an angle. They don't get much of
    a learning curve.

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  • From Wilson@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sun Jan 29 14:10:29 2023
    On 1/28/2023 6:24 PM, jmcquown wrote:
    On 1/27/2023 5:10 PM, super70s wrote:
    It happened again, I'm always sad to open my back door and see a dead
    sparrow lying on the ground, apparently crashing into the storm door
    which in my case is just one big sheet of glass. The strange thing is
    there's a regular door a few inches behind it with a 9-pane window on
    top and blinds on the other side, so there's no "open room" that would
    be visible to the bird to try to fly into.

    Seems like it's always sparrows, they must be prone to do this sometimes.

    I always give them a decent burial in the nearby woods.


    Awwww. :(  Several years ago there was a bird that kept flying into the back window of my bedroom.  I think it was doing it on purpose although I couldn't say why.  I keep the window blinds in that room down so there's no way the bird thought it could fly straight through.  I didn't find a dead bird, though.  Maybe it got a headache and gave up.  Sorry to hear about the
    sparrow.

    Jill
    Always a shame, but coming in like a free bird in flight can still happen
    due to reflections if they come in a bit of an angle. They don't get much of
    a learning curve.

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  • From Laine@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sun Jan 29 16:46:21 2023
    jmcquown wrote:

    Several years ago there was a bird that kept flying into the
    back window of my bedroom. I think it was doing it on purpose although
    I couldn't say why. I keep the window blinds in that room down so
    there's no way the bird thought it could fly straight through.

    It's territorial behavior. He was seeing his own reflection in your
    window. He didn't like another male bird being there, and was trying
    to drive him off. Hence the window-bashing.

    As a rule, only males do this, and the behavior ends once nesting
    season is over, although I think there have been cases where it occurs
    at other times of the year. Temporarily covering the window from the
    outside is the easiest way to stop it. A sheet of cardboard is usually
    enough.

    Much more info on birds hitting windows here https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-birds-hit-windows-and-how-you-can-help-prevent-it/#

    The article talks about both kinds of window strikes: birds thinking
    they can fly through the window, and ones that see their reflection
    and think it's a rival bird.

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