France in Focus

This little chap crashed into our window, even the mucky top half.
I picked him up off the floor before the dogs noticed and placed him on the bird bar, put a few seeds before him, which he ignored, but he allowed me to stroke him.
After 10 minutes he had got his breath back and flew off into the trees. Gone, leaving a small deposit.

Well done, Spardo
I sometimes wonder how birds survive after crashing into a window, but many seem to after they've had time to recover.

Blaze wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:54 pm Well done, Spardo
I sometimes wonder how birds survive after crashing into a window, but many seem to after they've had time to recover.

Not all come off so well, some break their necks or beaks, depends how they strike. This one made a helluva thump and fell to the concrete of the terrasse.. I went out immediately and scooped him up. The dogs hadn't noticed but Jules, with his hunting genes would have shaken it to death. He dealt with a Blackbird like that some time ago, I stopped him but it was too late, the bird died in my hands a few seconds later. Maybe it would have died anyway. He is not interested in carrion though, so ignores anything dead.

Me too, Blaze.
We (and several neighbours) used to have pheasants braining themselves on windows in Winchester.

Try and get Bird of prey widow stickers like these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Scarer-St ... B01CK43VB8

basquesteve wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:30 pm Try and get Bird of prey widow stickers like these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Scarer-St ... B01CK43VB8

Trouble with that is Steve, it would stop any of them coming to the bird bar, where I put the Robin, only a metre or so outside the window doors. That's why I clean only the bottom half, as it is there through which I watch from my chair, and the least likely collision point. This little chap hit the mucky, top, bit.

BTW the only widow stickers I want to meet are wealthy ones.

Good excuse not to clean the windows, though I am not sure a certain person will accept it!

Interesting, the Amazon links don’t work on Safari.

DaveW wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:42 pm Interesting, the Amazon links don’t work on Safari.

It didn't for me either - I've fixed it so it should now Dave.

According to some websites the stickers don't work, they get used to them. I had a friend who lived in a house closely surrounded by trees, the local buzzards chased the pigeons towards the house straight into the very large patio door just a case then of picking up a takeaway . we have two three mtr patio doors opposite each other, we do have a few bird strikes, but only one or two fatal and that tends to be in the spring time with the young birds.