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Article: WINDOWS CAN BE BIRD DEATH TRAP
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- September 24, 1988
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Red-bellied woodpecker (Courtesy Audubon Society)
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BIRDS AND NATURE
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It's always a shock.
Thump!
It's not a hard sound like someone has hit the window with stone, rather a muffled noise that means only one thing. A bird has just struck your window.
You then go outside to check, hoping what you heard was a glancing blow - no harm. Sometimes you'll find a few feathers adhering to the window, others a stunned bird on the ground and worst, a fatality
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