[Moderator David@stives]

IToday i seen my very first double bird impact marks on a window, I have seen many single ones but never 2 on the same pane if you look closely you can see one at the top left and another in the centre.

I am seeing one every other day lately, this is quite strange as in previous years i was lucky if i seen one a year.

Is it just me or are you seeing a lot more birds flying into windows this year, there was another one next door to this one on the other side of the house, so that was 3 in one day.

Dave

[Alistair@AWC]

Dave,

Are you using WFP now??

[Moderator David@stives]

yes i am wfp, i have been for over 12 months

Dave

[Alistair@AWC]

That explains the bird hits..............your windows are much cleaner 


buudduummttiisssss

[Moderator David@stives]

I knew someone was going to say that, but i still trad that one

Dave

[Alistair@AWC]

shhhhhhhhhhhhh 

[sunshine windows]

I have seen quite a few of these lately too.

On one particular house there has been a new bird mark on it every time i've gone back for the last four months. 

One of my customers windows has actually been chipped through the bird flying into the window. left great big skidders down the pane too the dirty little bugger 

Lance

[Moderator David@stives]

I had one on a nursing home and it must of exploded there was blood, feathers and crap everywhere. It must of been flying very fast

[groundhog]

I have seen loads of these as well, infact one of my elderly customers asked if I could leave some smears so the birds can see the windows

[rosskesava]

Hi Dave

On the radio the other night this wildlife expert was saying.......

Also, before I write why, I've seen more bird splatters this year than ever before on glass...

Anyway, this 'expert' was saying that this year insects are on the increase because of new laws about insectisides. The insect nasty ones are now banned.

As a result the small bird population is on the increase because they have more 'insect food'. As a result so are creatures that hunt small birds and one creature that hunts small birds is the sparrow hawk. One way sparrows or any other small bird evades capture is to fly towards anything and then vere off at the last moment. The preditor chasing then flies into the 'whatever'. Sparrow hawks have increased in population by 15 fold in the last 3 years and the biggest increase has been this year because there is more food for them.

Also, the same 'expert' said that as small bird are on the increase, there are more of flying into windows because they see the reflection and think the reflection is another bird of the same species invading their territry so they attack.

It made more sense when he explained it.

Cheers

[Trevor Knight]

Maybe the birde in question was a manic deppresive and was trying to kill itself, perhaps the first attempt didn't work so it tried again??

Trev

[Moderator David@stives]

 

[Sir Squeaky]

Maybe the birde in question was a manic deppresive and was trying to kill itself, perhaps the first attempt didn't work so it tried again??

Trev

Pump problems, connecter problems, spots......it all got too much for him.

Sorry.

[groundhog]

 

[24-7 S C Services]

Hi everyone

I have this one particular house I clean that has several bird marks on each time I clean it. The strange thing is, one time I went there was about eight different marks due to this on three front windows, so I went ahead as usual and cleaned them.

On the next visit the client told me I missed a window as one of the marks was still there. I apologised and made sure I gave it an extra good scrub. That night I was really mad with myself, because I do not miss windows. The following day they phoned me and asked if there was any reason I was missing that window. Shocked, I told them it had been cleaned, but I would come up and do it again.

So I arrived, set up, scrubbed, waited for it to dry and the mark was still there. Impossible I thought, so, I got my ladders out and went up to inspect the window.

After inspection, I kindly told my client the mark was on the inside and not the outside…………………. They apologised and I received a £20 tip for my trouble.

Andrew

[sussex187]

had a lady the other day where the bird had actually shattered dble glaze window now thats going some lol

[telboy]

I was working on a building ground floor heard a thud and a bird fell to the ground

I picked it up it was dead so I buried it in a plant pot

Least I think it was dead


Telboy

[Trevor Knight]

Maybe the birde in question was a manic deppresive and was trying to kill itself, perhaps the first attempt didn't work so it tried again??

Trev

Pump problems, connecter problems, spots......it all got too much for him.

Sorry.

Maybe it fell off its ladder??

Touché 

[windows_chepstow]

I do one house that's a 'hot-spot' for bird-impact marks (have I coined a new phrase?).

It's a rural account and the living room has two sets of large patio doors on opposite sides of the room.

Each month there's at least one impact mark on at least one set of the patio doors.

My customer thinks it's because the birds think they can fly under the house; via the windows.

[Pj]

You can't fool me Mr Morris,

The seagulls down there eat and drink so much, it's a wonder they can even take off!

They hit the windows for a laugh!  It's a seagull thang