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Birders

Cirsium

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Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #22)

Tue May 13, 2025, 01:45 PM

May 2025

I would like to see that. Feeders can cause a variety of problems. Window strikes, yes, but also hawks have figured out that yards with feeders are great hunting grounds and that they don't need to migrate south in the winter. The spread of disease is a problem, and of course rodents are being subsidized by bird feeders and squirrels do prey on bird nests at least to some extent.

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I found this poor thing on my deck to night. I think he hit my window pretty hard. Weirdly, I got a paper towel and [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 OP

He passed. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #1

Darn. Thanks for trying. I've seen birds recover after a few minutes from being unconscious. Silent Type May 2025 #2

Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe hang something in that window and your other large ones to help prevent future incidents? hlthe2b May 2025 #4

My parents' home had a large picture window with a huge mirror directly across from it inside SheltieLover May 2025 #9

American Bird Conservancy Cirsium May 2025 #11

I took them off for the winter....but you are correct. They survive screen hits. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #12

No hits at all Cirsium May 2025 #14

My expierence up here, is that they do hit screens....a lot. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #15

Interesting Cirsium May 2025 #17

Chick-a-dees are always hitting my windows/screens. Never found a dead one. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #19

You're kidding! Cirsium May 2025 #21

I'll take a pic of my deck and post it on this thread. I feed a lot of birds on my deck and bird action sometimes OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #22

Thanks Cirsium May 2025 #24

Here'sw the pic. It's a 2nd story deck. 5 feeders and a hummingbird station OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #25

OK Cirsium May 2025 #27

Good point. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #29

Ty for trying to helo it. SheltieLover May 2025 #8

Birds that strike windows are occasionally only stunned. hlthe2b May 2025 #3

What a shame, pretty bird. Thanks for trying to save him. Fla Dem May 2025 #5

It was a rose breasted grosbeak I think Easterncedar May 2025 #6

Looks like a rose-breasted grosbeak. sl8 May 2025 #7

That's what is, beautful bird. Have a baby woodpecker that looks a lot like this bird. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #13

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Cirsium May 2025 #10

Thanks, good info. sl8 May 2025 #16

Yes Cirsium May 2025 #18

I'm sorry it didn't survive. We get them every so often. woodsprite May 2025 #20

Just returned from NoCo, NH. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #23

It was a male pink-breasted grossbeak; sorry he passed. Liberty Belle May 2025 #26

Contrary to the windmill lie the top killers of birds are Ritabert May 2025 #28