[birdky] Re: The mysterious case of the Oven Bird
- From: Larry Wallberg <larry.wallberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: benalbritton@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:20:44 -0400
My wife found a similarly dead bird in our yard today. We think it may have
flown into a window behind which was a metal contraption holding a number of
plants, but we can't see any discoloration on the outside pane. The bird was
missing its upper mandible. Neither one of us are experts, but after
checking Sibley, we both think that our victim was a Swainson's Thrush.
Larry Wallberg
Lexington
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Eileen Wicker <raptors@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Something I read last year and I want to say it was an article by David
> Sibley—but may have been someone else—said if you take a highlighter and
> score your windows or door glass with a grid, that birds can see it but you
> cannot. This prevents them from crashing into it and yet does not mark up
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> I have had friends say they tried it and it did not harm their windows.
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> *From:* birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Ben Albritton
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:28 PM
> *To:* birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [birdky] The mysterious case of the Oven Bird
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> I found a recently dead oven bird in front of the large glass door and
> window area as I walked out of the MMR building on UK's campus on my way
> home today. The poor thing looked like it died from striking the glass.
> Very sad. What looks like drab colors in the field are amazingly beautiful
> held in your hand. If anyone wants a picture I can send you one. The odd
> thing is that I don't expect an oven bird on a building riddled and publicly
> populated tract of land? Are the migrants having trouble finding good
> habitat?
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> If you have any glass surfaces such as balcony doors, etc., please find a
> screen or something or some way to prevent birds from fatally crashing into
> it.
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> Best birding wishes,
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> Ben Albritton
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> Lexington KY
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