Saw a violet green swallow crash into a window

[zoom-zoom]

Oh, that is so sad. I have seen so many dead birds on the side of the road, this Spring. I think they mis-judge the velocity of cars. This Winter I noticed a dead mourning dove in the snow outside my eye doctor's office. There is an empty retail space next door with huge windows that reflect the sky. I don't think that bird had any clue that there was anything solid in front of him.

[Owlie]

So sad. I'm out of their range, so I've never seen one, but they look like beautiful birds.
I hit a sparrow once while driving (she misjudged how fast I was going and turned too late.) I still feel bad about it.

Most of our backyard birds have figured out glass or just steer clear of the house, but every so often we get one that flies into a window. Then there was the woodpecker (one of the smaller ones, not sure which species) that hit the mostly-glass bridge between two dorms...

[OakLeaf]

I need to put something on my bay window to stop the birds flying into it. I thought they used to sell stickers for the purpose, but I haven't been able to find any.

I've read that even when they fly away and seem to be okay, most birds that fly into windows die shortly afterward.

[emily_in_nc]

When we lived in the country and had multiple bird feeders in back, unfortunately this was all too common. I put hawk and other stickers all over the windows in an attempt to dissuade them, but it didn't help much. Many of them did survive the initial crash and eventually flew away, but whether they ended up dying later, I don't know. It always made me sad to lose one.

Violet-green sparrows are very pretty. It was kind of you to try to save it, smilingcat.

[ClockworkOrange]

That was so very sad to read and smilingcat, I so understand how you must have felt.

What a beautiful bird too, also sad for it's partner.

Life can be so brief sometimes for animals, especially wild birds.

[Norse]

We have a LOT of windows (46, DP counted one day whilst cleaning) and three bird feeders. A couple of things that have helped include: (1) rather than window stickers, hanging up a few glass decorations - the kind you use suction cups to attach to the window; and (2) putting our shades/blinds at different, staggered heights, especially for side by side windows. While these methods have not been foolproof, they have cut way down on the number of birds flying into the windows.