[birdky] Re: ice storm

We always have more fatalities from window strikes when the ground is snow  
covered.  It looks as if the snow field continues through the house so more  
birds fly into our large windows.  We have tried many things, almost  covering 
the windows in duct taps, decals, UV reflective stick-ons, etc.   but nothing 
seems to work well.  This storm produced three or four  fatalities out of 6 or 
7strikes.  The doves bounced off and kept going most  of the times.
 
John Swindells
Nelson County
 
 
In a message dated 2/18/2009 5:49:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gailandjoe@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

I was  cleaning up my patio (hadn't been much of a priority) yesterday and 
found  a dead House Finch that had been dead perhaps that long.

Joe  Swanson
Lexington
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <kmvowels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:  Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: [birdky] ice  storm


> I've found several dead hawks at Bernheim that were  killed during the ice 
> storm. I was wondering if anyone else had seen  a lot of dead birds, 
> especially large predators, and if anyone has  any theories of why they 
> were killed. I was wondering if maybe  because how quickly the ice formed 
> that ice built up on their wings  and they couldn't fly, or maybe a branch 
> fell on them and they  couldn't get out of the way. Another theory is they 
> couldn't find  enough to eat with so much ice covering everything. I'm 
> curious if  anyone has any theories, or maybe saw birds killed that could 
> answer  this question.
>
> Kelly Vowels
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