One of the downsides to living in an MCM house is having a LOT of windows, so we often have birds running into them, and while we have taken steps to prevent lethal strikes, we have not been completely successful. There are decals on some of the windows and we are looking into motorizing the great room blinds to come down partway at sunrise, which will also help block a bit of the intense sunlight we get up here. You can get an idea of the decals I made in this panorama of my office
To date we have lost a couple of mourning doves, a thrasher, a woodpecker, and several finches–and these are just the ones we know about. We do, however, assist with palliative care to many others that survived the initial impact and just need some time and a safe spot to recover. I have a couple of special boxes set aside for just such occurrences. The guy below (pic 3) seemed like a goner after he smacked the glass hard, but 30 minutes later he was alert and feisty. This was taken about 15 minutes after impact.
Which brings us to the new Purgatory contest. See the next post for the details!