Hello everyone, it's great to have found this site, and I'm looking forward to taking part in it.
So let me just say "Happy Gardening."

Hi Wintermoor,

You will love it here!

plantladylin said:Hi Wintermoor,

You will love it here!

Thank you, Lin, that's very kind, I'm looking forward to it.

pepper23 said:

Thank you very much, pepper23, very nice of you.

welcome from me too Wintermoor; yes this site is the best place to keep coming back to. So much to explore and enjoy. Look forward to seeing you here.

Welcome, Wintermoor. Glad you found us. Hang around.

I have 2 questions that I hope you'll answer. I know I could google one of them but I know how easy it would be for you to just tell me. So, what is that sweet little bird in your hand? And how'd you get it to stay there?

I'm going to toss you a couple of acorns in anticipation of your answers. And because acorns can come in handy from time to time as you will probably see.

Karen

tx_flower_child said:Welcome, Wintermoor. Glad you found us. Hang around.

I have 2 questions that I hope you'll answer. I know I could google one of them but I know how easy it would be for you to just tell me. So, what is that sweet little bird in your hand? And how'd you get it to stay there?

I'm going to toss you a couple of acorns in anticipation of your answers. And because acorns can come in handy from time to time as you will probably see.

Thank you for the welcome tx.
The bird in my hand is a Coal Tit. and I have lots of them in the garden.
I wish I could tell you that I was a bird whisperer and had a gift for attracting them, but alas I don't. The bird flew into a window and was stunned on the ground so I had to beetle out as quick as possible before our dog got round there.
The birds fly into the windows quite often and so when neither I, nor she-who-must-be-obeyed, is at home, the dog has an extra snack.
Here's a photo of another one, a Bullfinch Hen which achieved the same feat a couple of weeks ago.

When they are stunned we keep them warm until they can fly and they just fly off without so much as a by-your-leave.
Here is another one of the Coal tit.



Thank you very much for the acorns, I'm still trying to work out how to 'earn' them, but I'll pick it up soon enough.

Welcome to NGA!

When I lived in Connecticut I was the local bird rescuer/rehabilitator.

Since you are experiencing bird strikes might you consider adding something to prevent this from happening? There are stickers, decals, various types of screening, etc. and something I learned about only recently called Acopian Bird Savers. The bird savers could be made as a DIY project using paracord.
https://www.birdsavers.com/bui...

carolem said:welcome from me too Wintermoor; yes this site is the best place to keep coming back to. So much to explore and enjoy. Look forward to seeing you here.

carolem

vic said:

vic

kqcrna said:

Karen

Karen

greene said: Welcome to NGA!

When I lived in Connecticut I was the local bird rescuer/rehabilitator.

Since you are experiencing bird strikes might you consider adding something to prevent this from happening? There are stickers, decals, various types of screening, etc. and something I learned about only recently called Acopian Bird Savers. The bird savers could be made as a DIY project using paracord.

greene

We've tried all of those.
Black, red and white hawks, cat decals, cds, blinking lights and even a pendulum with streamers which my son thought would be a good idea. The birds sat on it watching the others fly into the windows.
We've invited people from different authorities and even the bat-man, but none has an answer which works 100%.
It's not a daily occurrence, but at this time of year when the birds conglomerate around the feeders it adds up over the winter. One of us is at home most of the time so 80-90% of the birds are saved.
We've found there is no difference whether we have hawk decals on the windows or not, the numbers don't fall or rise.
Thank you for your knowledge on this though, I appreciate your care about these things, so few people do nowadays.

There are things like this which you can stick on windows to make them "frosted" looking.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JFILZ2Y/

Karen

Wintermoor said:

...at this time of year when the birds conglomerate around the feeders it adds up over the winter. ...80-90% of the birds are saved.

Thank you for the kind words.

Now about those bird feeders and a loss of up to 20% of the birds. Have you considered either moving the feeders away from the windows or possible, stop filling the feeders altogether at this time of year when most fatalities occur?
Just a thought.

greene said:

Thank you for the kind words.

Now about those bird feeders and a loss of up to 20% of the birds. Have you considered either moving the feeders away from the windows or possible, stop filling the feeders altogether at this time of year when most fatalities occur?
Just a thought.

Yip! Thought about that, greene, and the feeding areas are spread all around the garden (I have just over an acre).
It's not 10-20% of all birds which perish, only those who crash into my windows, and as I said, it's not an everyday occurrence.
I like to look after my birds because in spring I have the most wonderful Morning Chorus I've heard anywhere.

kqcrna said:There are things like this which you can stick on windows to make them "frosted" looking.

Karen

Thank you, Karen, but if I put those on our windows, I'd be the only thingl flying head-first into it.

Happy Gardening back at you. I too was so happy I found this sight and I visit it every night and day.