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The Myth That Wind Farms Are a Guillotine for Birds Is Being Debunked by Hard Data (www.zmescience.com)

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[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Our house is older and is fairly light on windows, but the living room and kitchen both have a fairly sizeable one. I usually have to pick up 3-4 dead birds under them each year.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Put a sticker on them?

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The stickers don’t actually work super well unless you cover your windows with them.

According to the Audubon society:

Window decals may help, but they must be placed no more than 2-4 inches apart in order to be effective. Birds will try to fly through larger gaps. This means that on large windows, many closely spaced decals may be necessary to deter bird collisions.

4 inches is about 10cm

There are more tips in the article but stickers don’t help nearly as much as people want them to.

There are companies that are experimenting with whole window films, but when I looked a bit ago they didn’t seem to be widely available to consumers.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Doesn't work. Just makes people feel better.