It’s so heartbreaking when birds die that way. We wrote an article about the whole affair at our other site here. What seems to have worked for us is to string a line of fishing line across the window — we did a V shape with the point meeting at the bottom of our picture window — on the outside of the house. On the line, we tied feathers — large ones from wild turkeys. Probably about eight inches apart. So far, we haven’t had any hits (about two months now), and though we thought that people would think it looked weird, we actually get compliments on it, since the feathers are quite beautiful in the sun. We hope this helps!

It can be a little scary — especially when they start hitting really hard. We have a sparrow that is attacking one of our windows now. Hanging some feathers on fishing line seems to be helping, and some people recommend those window-stickers (but putting them on the outside of the window). And as you noted, it’s a great opportunity to get some close-up photos!

Thanks for writing in!

Delson