A bird flew into my window.

[RJDiogenes]

^^ A bird once hit the porch at a chalet I was staying at in New Hampshire and he got up and flew away. Animals are pretty tough, so if he wasn't going too fast he was probably okay.

propita wrote:

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We had a bird dive bomb our antenna while on a freeway. Result was blood on the car and a dead bird.

Ouch. I once hit a bird while driving down the expressway-- there was a rather unbelievable amount of feathers.

Locutus of Bored wrote:

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It was like something out of a Roadrunner cartoon with her forward momentum and the slippery tile floor working against her as her little legs tried frantically to stop. She was fine, but she learned to sneak up to the sliding door rather than rush at it.

At her old house, my mother used to have a screenhouse in the backyard. One of her cats, Max, was a little strange and often exhibited cartoon behaviors. He couldn't seem to grasp the concept of the screen and if anything startled him when we were out there he would inevitably try to run right through it, fold up like an accordion and go bouncing and rolling backward. This was the same cat who eventually had an identity crisis and became a horse.

[teacake]

When I was a kid birds flew into our window all the time.

My mother was a birder. Life list person. Every damn bird that died at the pane of our glass she wrapped up in foil and put in the freezer. To admire the plumage.

It was seriously fraught to look for leftovers.

[Ar-Pharazon]

RJDiogenes wrote:

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Ouch. I once hit a bird while driving down the expressway-- there was a rather unbelievable amount of feathers.

I was going about 75 on the interstate, just over the Wisconsin border when a pheasant flew down and decided to cross the road on foot.

Like you said, a lot of feathers, plus a tumbling bird corpse and a slightly out of whack exhaust connection.

[Pingfah]

propita wrote:

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I mean INTO the window. The window being closed at the time.

I was at the computer and heard a huge BOOM, then silence. I got up, opened the front door, and saw a pigeon fly off, losing lots of those little soft feathers. I looked at my window and saw a circular smudge with a bit of blood.

What the hell was that bird doing flying INTO a window? What, did it not see the house sitting there?

Anybody else have this happen or know why a bird would do this?

Were your children born with full heads of hair?

[J.T.B.]

As it happens, a yellow-rump warbler flew into my sliding glass door just a couple of days ago. It did not survive. I felt pretty bad because winter is hard enough for those little guys.

I have hit probably a dozen birds while driving, and always mourning doves. The go out with an explosion of feathers and leave a gray smudge on your vehicle.

[Squiggy]

[Melakon]

Ar-Pharazon wrote:

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I was going about 75 on the interstate, just over the Wisconsin border when a pheasant flew down and decided to cross the road on foot.

I hit a pheasant driving home from dad's graveyard service. Shook me up so badly (thinking it an omen), my friend had to drive the remaining 150 miles.

[propita]

Pingfah wrote:

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Were your children born with full heads of hair?

????

Oh, and...no kids anyway. But I'm not getting the reference. I tend to literalism. And obliviousness.

[junxon]

update from my parent's house: a silhouette failed to prevent the tragic death of a 'brown looking bird'.

[bigdaddy]

Might have been drunk.

A local library had to cut down a small tree because they figured out the birds were eating the fermenting berries, getting drunk and flying into the windows. Killed a couple dozen a year before it was so bad they had to do something.

[Rhubarbodendron]

my friend Daystrom had a big tree in front of his house with a hummingbird nest. From his balcony you could look right into the net. It was so cool! Sadly, they cut the tree down because the people living further downstairs complained that they had no light (if I lived in LA I'd be happy to have shade! It's unbelievably hot there)
Interestingly, no hummingbird ever flew into his window. And come to think of it, I've never heard of a hummingbird ever having such an accident. Could it be that hummingbirds are smarter than other birds? Or do they just react quicker?

[B.J.]

^ Not really. In our previous house, we had a screened-in back patio, and hummingbirds would frequently get stuck in there. I'd occasionally have to disentangle one from the screen.

[Rhubarbodendron]

ah, then it's really true that they have such a bad vision?
When I pretty excitedly told Day of my very first encounter with a humming bird he got all worried and inquired "oh my god! Did it savage you?" Me, dumbfounded: "Attack me?! Come on, we're talking about a bonsai-bird feeding on nectar, not a Condor!" upon which he explained that they have pretty poor exesight and often accidentially fly against people wearing colourful clothing. Rumour has it that one once got stuck in the cleavage of a lady wearing a dress with a flower print. (Must have been highly uncomfortable for both parties involved...)

[Finn]

^No. They have a better vision than us

We are color blind to them

[Saul]

propita wrote:

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I mean INTO the window. The window being closed at the time.

I was at the computer and heard a huge BOOM, then silence. I got up, opened the front door, and saw a pigeon fly off, losing lots of those little soft feathers. I looked at my window and saw a circular smudge with a bit of blood.

What the hell was that bird doing flying INTO a window? What, did it not see the house sitting there?

Anybody else have this happen or know why a bird would do this?

I posted a similar topic a few years back. Heard a large thud against the window, looked out and saw a bird on the ground wondering wtf happened. He couldn't take off again and ran into a bush. Happens sometimes. I think the window reflected the sky and it didn't notice.