What are the best practices you have found for keeping birds from striking glass windows and killing themselves by the impact? The issue is not small, but actually urgent, with windows being the leading cause of death among birds, according to birdwatchingdaily.com. The solutions I am seeing online are expensive and esthetically challenging: decals spaced on 4" centers is one common recommendation. Also reading about nets and screens. Are there those of you who have field-tested less intense decal spacing? How about 2' on-center? What about mounting fake owls or hawks outside to scare birds out of the area?
if we use net clothes on the window or by using window paint outside the window can prevent birds from striking
architectEURE
Mar 29, 19 9:19 am
Great tips. Thanks!
Non Sequitur
Mar 29, 19 9:22 am
but what about the local cats who depend on the dead birds for sustenance?
JLC-1
Apr 2, 19 12:19 pm
if you ever had a cat you'd know.
Non Sequitur
Apr 2, 19 12:21 pm
I hate cats.
JLC-1
Apr 2, 19 12:22 pm
that's your problem
Non Sequitur
Apr 2, 19 12:24 pm
them be fighting words... for my sinuses.
senjohnblutarsky
Mar 29, 19 9:54 am
We could just stop designing buildings wrapped entirely in glass. That would probably go a long way. It'd help make buildings more efficient as well.
3tk
Apr 2, 19 12:09 pm
Waiting on the bills in NYS addressing this to gain momentum - would be interesting to see the results
Marc Miller
Apr 2, 19 12:53 pm
Not sure if it is still there, but someone installed a plastic owl on this building:
JLC-1
Apr 2, 19 1:49 pm
helmets
Nam Henderson
May 5, 19 6:39 pm
Presumably you have already looked at the American Bird Conservancy's Bird-friendly Building Design guidelines and publication?
Besides decals and bird-friendly glass, lighting and other issues come to into play including using "shutters, balconies, overhangs, grilles, or screens to reduce the amount of visible or reflective glass without interfering with the inside view."
Paint different big cats on the windows. The snow leopard is especially effective: Add some color to the usually sterile building interiors also.
bowling_ball
May 5, 19 8:09 pm
I was approached about providing this on a very community-sensitive creek-side project just last week. I was walking the site and a woman approached me who asked about this - it turns out she wrote her master's thesis on song birds and was concerned.
Truth be told I haven't followed up, so thanks for the reminder.
What are the best practices you have found for keeping birds from striking glass windows and killing themselves by the impact? The issue is not small, but actually urgent, with windows being the leading cause of death among birds, according to birdwatchingdaily.com. The solutions I am seeing online are expensive and esthetically challenging: decals spaced on 4" centers is one common recommendation. Also reading about nets and screens. Are there those of you who have field-tested less intense decal spacing? How about 2' on-center? What about mounting fake owls or hawks outside to scare birds out of the area?
http://www.ornilux.com/
http://www.glas-pro.com/products/glas-pro-bird-glass/
Bird feeders outside the windows should mitigate that.
just wait for them to evolve
walker glass has some good information about bird-friendly glass.
http://walkerglass.com/products/aviprotek-bird-friendly-glass/bird-friendly-glass/
Ornilux:
Ornilux:
if we use net clothes on the window or by using window paint outside the window can prevent birds from striking
Great tips. Thanks!
but what about the local cats who depend on the dead birds for sustenance?
if you ever had a cat you'd know.
I hate cats.
that's your problem
them be fighting words... for my sinuses.
We could just stop designing buildings wrapped entirely in glass. That would probably go a long way. It'd help make buildings more efficient as well.
Waiting on the bills in NYS addressing this to gain momentum - would be interesting to see the results
Not sure if it is still there, but someone installed a plastic owl on this building:
helmets
Presumably you have already looked at the American Bird Conservancy's Bird-friendly Building Design guidelines and publication?
Besides decals and bird-friendly glass, lighting and other issues come to into play including using "shutters, balconies, overhangs, grilles, or screens to reduce the amount of visible or reflective glass without interfering with the inside view."
Topic has also been covered by NPR
Paint different big cats on the windows. The snow leopard is especially effective: Add some color to the usually sterile building interiors also.
I was approached about providing this on a very community-sensitive creek-side project just last week. I was walking the site and a woman approached me who asked about this - it turns out she wrote her master's thesis on song birds and was concerned.
Truth be told I haven't followed up, so thanks for the reminder.