How can I prevent birds flying into my windows?
Question:I recently got a conservatory on my house but it is to the detriment of the birds in my garden. They keep flying into the glass and I have tried everything from keeping the blinds closed permanently to sticking 36 hawk figures on the windows. If this continues I think I will have to take this down but dont want to as it cost me £20, 000 to build it and I really need the extra space, plus the additional secutity and warmth it provides over my front door.
Please help - I cant bear to hear the thud of the birds on the glass. I feel so guilty for having this death trap erected !
Answers:
There is a product called Window alert static clings. They are translucent maple leaf shaped decals that create a frosted glass appearance to us, but to birds who used UV light-they are a clear warning. You can buy four 4" decals per pkg at $6.99 by going to http://www.gardenersedge.com. - then click on window alert in the search box
Have you tried wind chimes on the outside of the conservatory, to scare them with the noise and alert them, visually? You seem to have thought of everything else, this is all I could think of. Hope it works for you!
you can't...
My gran used to have cat stickers in her garden to keep the birds away as she grew her own soft fruits.Maybe get some, or a cat ornament to put in the window.Some wind chimes to hang outside the window might be a good idea too.
hire a gardener with a good shot!
take the glass out!
put big pictures of graham norton on the windows of your conservatory
birds dont go for him
Don't worry about it. My mum has patio doors on the end of her extension, and they fly at those too! We suspect they see the large plant she keeps inside, and try to go and land on it. do you have many plants, or an indoor tree? You could try moving those around, or even removing them. Otherwise - don't worry, if they survive, they will learn - and if they don't nature will find another animal to benefit!
I had the same problem with my conservatory initially. I stuck several windmills on the outside & it seemed to work. Of course they don't whirl around in still weather, but they still seemed to act as a deterrent. It's been ages since I had a bird problem, so maybe with time, they've got used to the conservatory being there.
remove their wings?
Try mono-filament line. Tack the line across,up,down,on the outside of windows.Also we use plastic OWLS on the rooftop,to keep other birds away.
Place small food troughs approx. 25ft. from conservatory,feeding birds can be shot easily from this distance.
Try stretch out some mono filament ie: fishing line it hums in the wind, it scares the birds away. Was wondering to if small like mirrors like those they have in hobby shops was placed facing out from glass, to reflect light...( then realised that might attract them like the ones in bird cages). Try the line but stretch it tight. good luck.
Hey Hun =)
There are two types of window collisions involving birds. Birds that continually fight the glass, are fighting their own refection, believing that the bird they see in the glass is a competitor bird. These birds do not get hurt.
The second type of collision is when birds fly into windows because they see a reflection of the outdoors in the window, such as the woods outside the house. They often hurt themselves, and sometime die. The way you can reduce or prevent either of these kinds of collisions is by removing the reflection. Some strategies that work include soaping the outside of the window, hanging objects on the outside to distract the birds from hitting the glass, or aiming the glass up or down to keep the birds from seeing the reflections. Some people have prevented collisions by placing silhouettes of hawks and owls in the windows, which keep the birds at a distance.
Hope This Helps =)
A scarecrow? Erected just outside the window.
A plastic eagle owl perched on the roof?
you've got some stupid birds where you live you would have thought they would learn their lesson by now
We were having the same problem with the large glass window in our living room... red-breasted grossbeaks, robins, sparrows and even one hummingbird. I bought removable butterfly decals in a variety of bright colours (perhaps why your hawk decals did not work - are they dark?). In the past two years we have had just one collide and the bird was only stunned and survived (tried to veer away at last minute)... prior to that it was like the killing fields out there. but no deaths since I put them up.
My mother loves nature and had the same problem. She enjoyed the sunlight coming in, but it killed her to see the birdies hitting the glass. She filled a sprayer with some white paint diluted with water, not using the mist spray, but the more streaming spray, just sparyed the window, and let it drip down and dry, creating a "faux" finish to the glass. It looks like a "distressed" look, and my brother cracks jokes saying her glass needs to be washed, but she said she likes the look over hurting the birds. Said not one other bird has ever hit the glass again, and the sunlight still comes in. To me it looks cool because she is in a log cabin and it "fits" the look.
i would suggest building a brick wall around your conservatory then putting some sort of solid roof over it - this could be a wriggly tin roof or if you are feeling adventurous try and source some asbestos containing roofing material and use that. Some people like to live on the edge and not wear any protective gear when handling asbestos, i like to eat it after blanching it and liquidising it.
Doing this should stop any birds from flying into your conservatory in the future, leaving you in peace to enjoy the space you have spent a lot of money creating.
Alternatively you could buy a gun and create a hide in the garden from where you could shoot any birds you feel might fly into your glass, hence preventing the sickening thud and also helping to control the flying vermin you are blighted with.
Before all this though i would get some friends around and drink and smoke drugs and bet each other on the number of birds to fly into the glass in an allotted timeframe, you could even go as far as betting on the most occurring injury to the birds, or even the number of fatalities you witness.
The possibilities are indeed endless
I agree with Penfold the genius. Sitckers will work to let them know there's something there.
You poor thing...
all hail lord penfold for he has done it again!
sorry...
yes, penfold is correct. There's an observatory near my home and it has a glass dome. they've applied some substance to the outside to make it less reflective. from the inside it works just fine because you can still see outside. from the outside it has an opaque matte finish to reduce reflection and glare.
I hope the little rascals stop crashing. It's only funny on the Windex commercials.
You spent $40,000 bucks on this? Whoa. How about planting a few trees in front. Enough trees to provide a barrier but thin enough let the light through. Quaking Aspen would be a good choice. Heck, you're rich, you can afford it.
In the day time hang a mirror mobile in front your window..It works..
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