These two baby goldfinches stunned themselves flying into my patio doors at the same time. I picked them up, stroked their backs a bit then sat them on the table to recover. Then the sun came out so I gave them a shelter.
One flew off soon after I put the crock over them but the other one stayed for more than half an hour until I went very close and it finally flew off.
I have a lot of bird feeders, which, unfortunately, I can't put anywhere else, so when the feeding birds get scared by something and they all fly off at once they quite frequently fly into my windows - even though I have a dark coloured fly screen curtain inside where the door opening is.
Last summer I had the perfect outline of a pigeon in flight on the window - the loud bang he made scared me half to death, but he flew off so obviously no real harm done.
Tricia
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Your good deed for the day :D
Oh look at those lovely little cuties! Such a shame :( Tricia, is there no way you can hang something outside your patio doors like little shiny things on a string to keep them away or is it really just a case of panicing when they all fly off at once?
Yes - it's when they all panic that this happens. I think the trees in the lane beyond my small garden must be reflected in the glass.
Tricia