[va-richmond-general] Re: Hope for bird window-collisons
- From: "Nelda Snyder" <snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 13:57:16 -0500
Or move your feeders closer! Ours hang a few inches from the windows, with
some deck rail open feeders about 5' from the windows. We have only occasional
collisions, most of which the birds recover after resting. (If I hear a thud,
I go out and pick up the bird and make sure it is sitting upright and put it in
a sheltered basket which protects it from sight of other birds and gives it a
warmer place to rest and recover. In 30 minutes or less the bird flies off.)
Most of our thuds are from doves who fly off without harm regardless of the
intensity of the thud or the number of feathers flying. Since all of our
"windows" are sliding doors, we also leave the screen sliders half open to
break up the expanses of glass. (Good for the birds but not for the views!)
Nelda
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Coles
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 1/6/2006 10:57:42 AM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Hope for bird window-collisons
One thing that will help, if you are having problems at home, is to move your
feeders. We all want the feeders close to the house so we can enjoy the birds
feeding. However, if you are having birds killed please consider relocating the
feeders. Our feeders were about 20 feet from the deck and a few birds were
killed. We moved them to about 80 feet away and now study the feeders with our
binoculars and a scope but have eliminated almost all collisions.
Bob
Robert E. Coles, MAI, CRE
Managing Director
Integra Realty Resources - Richmond
4447 Cox Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
804-346-2600 x210
Fax: 804-747-9140
rcoles@xxxxxxx
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[mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Siegfried
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:25 PM
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Hope for bird window-collisons
This was a very interesting article.
There was a technical article published by someone who worked in the Boulders
office park, and collected window kills each morning. While tall buildings
downtown result in kills of migrants during bad weather when the cloud ceiling
is low, shorter buildings in office parks can also result in a suprising number
of kills, including both resident and migrants.
I worked in the Koger Center in the west end. Each year we had significant
kills of waxwings because hollies were planted next to the building. The birds
tended to crash after taking off from trees. Those trees very close to the
building were not a problem, because the birds could not get up enough speed to
hurt themselves. But if they had 6 or more feet of space, they could get up
enough speed to crash with fatal results.
I have had a few of my own kills at my house. I would like to hear from people
who feel they have successful methods of detering window kills.
Bob Siegfried
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