Saw a violet green swallow crash into a window

[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.