Birds flying into windows

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We've had 3 in the last week, latest one was a pigeon that fairly twatted itself off the lounge window, I nearly **** meself! Anyone else had this, seems like their navigation systems or eyesight is a bit wonky.
No I think they are wanting a shag and they can see their reflection in the window I’ve got a photo of an owl that hit ours and it’s whole body print was left on the window our lass also picked a blackbird up that was knocked out the other day.
 
Their eyes actually don’t know the windows are there. I used to have budgies and had to put up net curtains as they thought they could get out and kept hitting the windows!! We had a sparrow a few months ago. Full pelt into out kitchen window. Went outside and it’s lying shaking and it’s head point8g the wrong way! Wife decided to put a hanky over it as a blanket in a little box and put it to the side of the house till it died!! I **** you not
 
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Their eyes actually don’t know the windows are there. I used to have budgies and had to put up net curtains as they thought they could get out and kept hitting the windows!! We had a sparrows a few months ago. Full pelt into out kitchen window. Went outside and it’s lying shaking and it’s head point8g the wrong way! Wife decided to put a hanky over it as a blanket in a little box and put it to the side of the house till it died!! I **** you not
I like the shagging theory better. <laugh>
 
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Their eyes actually don’t know the windows are there. I used to have budgies and had to put up net curtains as they thought they could get out and kept hitting the windows!! We had a sparrow a few months ago. Full pelt into out kitchen window. Went outside and it’s lying shaking and it’s head point8g the wrong way! Wife decided to put a hanky over it as a blanket in a little box and put it to the side of the house till it died!! I **** you not
True,they don't realise the glass is there. When we built the new Acute Mental Illness Unit in Plymouth we had a glass corridor between two wings of the building and the birds kept flying into it. We had to put stickers of silhouettes of hawks at intervals on the glass.
 
We've had 3 in the last week, latest one was a pigeon that fairly twatted itself off the lounge window, I nearly **** meself! Anyone else had this, seems like their navigation systems or eyesight is a bit wonky.
If they can see straight through to the other side they will try and fly through the gap - especially young ones.
-Maybe you need net curtains or one of those bird of prey mobiles.
 
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The big fat wood pigeons do it all the time into me mams patio door windows
 
No I think they are wanting a shag and they can see their reflection in the window I’ve got a photo of an owl that hit ours and it’s whole body print was left on the window our lass also picked a blackbird up that was knocked out the other day.


So, whats the attraction for an Owl of a bird of such a diifering species as a Shag??<doh>