Of course there will be deaths from window collisions of more "desirable"
birds, especially on the edge of cities. My point was merely that most
buildings are in towns and most birds in towns are relatively common and/or
feral species, so whilst of course the window deaths are regrettable they
are not particularly likely to have an impact on endangered species -
especially as these same urban areas contain a lot of cats which probably
kill far more birds than windows (or wind farms) ever will.
On 06/09/06, Wendy <> wrote:
Hi All,
I grew up on the very edge of Geelong, (sth Vic). We had a bush garden but
there was no bush for miles. Sadly the first (and only???) Shining Bronze
Cuckoo I've ever seen was one that killed itself flying into window glass
there when I was young.
About a year ago at a house/office near Merri Creek (Brunswick, Melbourne,
Vic) a pardalote nearly came to grief when it flew into one of the windows.
It took quite a time to recover from the collision but did eventually fly
off and I was relieved to see no blood so I hope there was no permanent
damage. The species, which unfortunately I do not recall, was not the one
seen on the creek.
I do hear and see Indian Turtledoves fly into windows on occasions but
I've not seen one die as a result
SO my point
Less or uncommon native birds fly/die at windows in urban areas - sadly
not only ferals.
wendy moore
www.birding-aus.org
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