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Index of Subjects =3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1= 6px=3B=22=3EHi Joyce and All=2C=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5F= moz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EWhen I lived in another house we had sliding gl= ass doors to the patio and we often had birds fly into the glass doors=2E= I tried hanging =27stuff=27 inside so they could see something=2C but t= here were / was still the odd collision=2E It was when I started to put = =27stuff=27 outside of the window that the collisions stopped=2E The eas= iest idea I found to carry out was little finger prints of white tole pa= int=2C ( I don=27t think the color matters=2C but I started this during = winter ) randomly placed on the outside of the windows=2E I think from t= he=A0 bird=27s eye view ( ha!) they were able to see something before th= e glass itself and they knew not to fly to close=2E If it snowed or rain= ed=2C and the paint washed off=2C it was easy to replace=2E I suspect th= e yellow hilighter idea works on the same principle=2C that the birds ar= e able to see something between them and the window and the reflection=2E= =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAng= ela in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 08/15/10=2C =3Cb class=3D= =22name=22=3EJoyce Norris =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bwhuzzy=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26= gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3A94C229195A5C48D6B= 8BA1073363DE755=40OwnerPC=22 class=3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-le= ft=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-lef= t=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=22= =3E =3Cspan=3E=3Cp=3E =3Cstyle=3E=2Ehmmessage P =7B PADDING-BOTTOM=3A 0px=3B MARGIN=3A 0px=3B PADDING-LEFT=3A 0px=3B PADDIN= G-RIGHT=3A 0px=3B PADDING-TOP=3A 0px =7D BODY=2Ehmmessage =7B FONT-FAMILY=3A Tahoma=3B FONT-SIZE=3A 10pt =7D =3C/style=3E =3Ctable=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd bgcolor=3D=22=23ffffff=22 class=3D=22= hmmessage=22=3E=3Cp=3E =3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22=3EI was on the couch watchin= g the animal shows I so enjoy on = Sunday mornings=2C at about 9=3A30=A0and could see something coming in a= t a = fairly good speed=2C plow into the window and drop like a stone=2E I bro= ught the = little bird in=2C but it died shortly after=2E I think it was a black an= d white = warbler=2E Others that have hit the picture window=2C have generally com= e from the = feeders about 10 feet away in the maple tree so they aren=27t flyng quit= e as fast = as this little one=2E Between the crows and being away=2C there was noth= ing in the = feeders=2E I used to have another in the crab tree a bit closer and off = to the = side of the window but had to get rid of it because of the crows=2E I=27= ll try to = put something back there=2E If they stop at the feeder=2C t hey might no= t see the = picture window from the same angle and not fly into it=2E This poor litt= le soul is = the first fatality=2E=3C/font=3E=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22=3E=3C/font=3E=A0=3C/div=3E =3Cdiv=3E=3Cfont face=3D=22Arial=22=3EI know there has been discussion a= bout how to keep birds =
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