15 November 07
Bird-Proofing Windows
Dave Sibley has conducted an experiment to see what will keep birds from colliding with windows. It’s a simple highlighter, almost invisible on glass to humans, but apparently very visible to birds.
Lots of Swainson’s thrushes hit our windows this spring. I’m definitely going to try it.
Spill news: some grebes (Westerns and Clark’s) will be released at Half Moon Bay tomorrow, out of the way of oil. These birds don’t do well at all in captivity and are best released as soon as possible, but I’m amazed it’s THIS soon.
For the sound of a loon at Cordelia, see this (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on the audio file).
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That highlighter sounds like a good thing! Thanks for the wonderful audio of the loon, Pica – it swept me back to my youth in Manitoba.