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A pair has built a nest in the patio cover above the door. We think he might be seeing his reflection on the glass and defending the nest from the "other" bird. He does it for like 15 minutes at a time, off and on for a number of hours.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Maybe it'll make them abandon their nest, but I hear these black bird of prey stickers on windows really help.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

I don't know if there are eggs or babies yet and don't want to do anything that will scare them away.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

The chaffinch at my parent's place just treats those as rivals. Because he's an idiot.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Not as much as you think, says my partner who does urban bird work. I remember she said something about dotted or lined film...

https://birdstrikewindowfilm.com/

Oh yeah, and you can also get glass etched with the patterns. Apparently a lot of new municipal buildings do it to get bird strike certification.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I know they have some with a spider web pattern embedded in UV or something that the birds can see but humans don't. Apparently weeks really well but it's expensive.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 48 minutes ago

Yeah, it's going to have to be something required by building codes eventually.