Hola! I am staying at vacation rental owned by a friend on the coast here in Ecuador. They have a super cute little 2/3 house they did a wonderful remodel on… Long story short, the owners installed polarized UV resistant windows (because its sunny AF here sometimes, just not now) Here’s the deal,…

Not at all. That is against perching city pigeons.

We have horizontal burglar bars across our opening windows. No bird strikes. Where we have fixed panes we do have bird strikes. In theory anything that prevents birds thinking they can fly ‘thru the reflection’ works. Blinds, creepers, decals … But haven’t had birds attacking their reflection. If …

I saw a long-tailed tit bump into a window and just continuing the flight, but also daw dozens of birds with broken necks/brain bleeding who die instantly or some time later. Dead saltator is definitely a strike victim, it’s hard to die attacking the mirror, there was a wagtail doing it for days ins…

I agree, it sounds like there may be some bird strikes, but the primary issue sounds like attacks due to the mirroring, not the strikes. If there’s a large tree in front, this should cut down on strikes. To the best of my knowledge, many of the methods mentioned here do indeed reduce strikes - the m…

[image] cthawley: Something that disrupts the mirroring effect (like the soap or tinsel) may cut down on the fighting, but also of course reduces visibility out the windows. It’s definitely the attacking that’s the problem. Tinsel is a smart idea, I have seen this utilized on vineyards in Sou…

For birds actively attacking their reflections, it can difficult to dissuade them. I have seen a Chaffinch attacking a wing mirror of a car who returned even after the mirror was bent closed, to squeeze between the gap and continue pecking, because he knew his adversary was still in there. This, ho…

Sounds like a good plan. Bird spikes are basically just pieces of stiff, blunt wire mounted in any easy to position strip of material. You could probably cobble together some cheap ones with a strip of thin wood or other material and a roll of stiff wire cut to length (or even some unwound paperclip…

[image] deboas: For birds actively attacking their reflections, it can difficult to dissuade them. I have seen a Chaffinch attacking a wing mirror of a car who returned even after the mirror was bent closed, to squeeze between the gap and continue pecking, because he knew his adversary was still…

I use em and they work against any birds that try perching, which the author said they were doing.

Would ultrasonic bird repeller be an option? Not sure how problematic they are for wildlife in general. I know small children can hear them and be bothered by them, but might be the least amount of work.

Keeping birds away from windows

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teellbee March 3, 2023, 2:26pm 28

My local bird store experts included a nice article about the ways and results one homeowner tried to reduce bird injuries.

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