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caseydog said:
A few minutes ago, one squirrel was chasing another around my yard. The first squirrel tried to get away by jumping through my kitchen window -- it is closed. :facepalm:

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We have a couple of windows that are unbelievably prone to bird strikes. For one, there is a covered area at the back door that meets a covered area around the garage. Both areas are roofs only. There's a jasmine plant that grows up the side of the garage bit forming a diagonal archway. Hard to describe accurately but it is built onto the side of the house where there is a large window. For some reason bits prefer to fly low through the arch rather than up and over it. It's a single storey fault roof, so not exactly high.... let's just say that if a bird doesn't strike the window at least twice a week, we're having a good week. Sometimes it can be 2 or 3 times a day. Mostly they bounce thankfully because Rosellas and crows have strong necks, but not always. We've tried all sorts of solutions but nothing convinces them they can't fly through the reflection, even several birds of prey silhouettes. Fatalities frequently occur, but not as often as they could.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
We have a couple of windows that are unbelievably prone to bird strikes. For one, there is a covered area at the back door that meets a covered area around the garage. Both areas are roofs only. There's a jasmine plant that grows up the side of the garage bit forming a diagonal archway. Hard to describe accurately but it is built onto the side of the house where there is a large window. For some reason bits prefer to fly low through the arch rather than up and over it. It's a single storey fault roof, so not exactly high.... let's just say that if a bird doesn't strike the window at least twice a week, we're having a good week. Sometimes it can be 2 or 3 times a day. Mostly they bounce thankfully because Rosellas and crows have strong necks, but not always. We've tried all sorts of solutions but nothing convinces them they can't fly through the reflection, even several birds of prey silhouettes. Fatalities frequently occur, but not as often as they could.
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There are ways to prevent this - birds of prey silhouettes don’t tend to work well, but a pattern of white dots, applied at 2-inch intervals on the outside surface of the glass, has been found to work well.

I recently did my patio door and kitchen window to prevent bird strikes. Here’s photos:
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Outside - dots clearly visible

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Inside - view unobstructed (yes, I need to sweep the deck).

I’ve been working with the Bird Safe people at my work recently- multiple studies have shown that these dot patterns work best to break up the reflections and make birds realize that the window is a solid surface. I’ll PM you a link to where you can buy the DIY kits. We put this on ourselves - took only a couple hours.
 
Herbaceous said:
There are ways to prevent this - birds of prey silhouettes don’t tend to work well, but a pattern of white dots, applied at 2-inch intervals on the outside surface of the glass, has been found to work well.

I recently did my patio door and kitchen window to prevent bird strikes. Here’s photos:
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Outside - dots clearly visible

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Inside - view unobstructed (yes, I need to sweep the deck).

I’ve been working with the Bird Safe people at my work recently- multiple studies have shown that these dot patterns work best to break up the reflections and make birds realize that the window is a solid surface. I’ll PM you a link to where you can buy the DIY kits. We put this on ourselves - took only a couple hours.
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Genius idea.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
We have a couple of windows that are unbelievably prone to bird strikes. For one, there is a covered area at the back door that meets a covered area around the garage. Both areas are roofs only. There's a jasmine plant that grows up the side of the garage bit forming a diagonal archway. Hard to describe accurately but it is built onto the side of the house where there is a large window. For some reason bits prefer to fly low through the arch rather than up and over it. It's a single storey fault roof, so not exactly high.... let's just say that if a bird doesn't strike the window at least twice a week, we're having a good week. Sometimes it can be 2 or 3 times a day. Mostly they bounce thankfully because Rosellas and crows have strong necks, but not always. We've tried all sorts of solutions but nothing convinces them they can't fly through the reflection, even several birds of prey silhouettes. Fatalities frequently occur, but not as often as they could.
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BTW, no squirrels were harmed in the telling of my story.

It just jumped from the bush outside the window, into the screen covered glass, bounced back to the bush, and ran up the crape myrtle tree to the roof. I just happened to be looking out the window and saw it all happen. :laugh:

CD
 
I actually can't listen to anything on headphones when I'm out of the house. Did that only once and almost got ran over by a car. My head is usually up in the clouds as it is and I can get lost walking a straight line, I don't need another life threatening distraction.
 
I had another follow up for my hand yesterday, and unfortunately it didn’t go super well - there’s some concern that my claw-hand might be permanent, and I was advised to switch physiotherapists since mine hasn’t been able to make much progress. It’s a shame, since I do really like my physiotherapist, and she did a good job on my ankle.

Anyway, I went off to see the hand specialist, and within one session she got the swelling way down (by massaging my shoulders and armpit, of all places) and improved my range of motion a bit. All the swelling came back and my fingers were stiff again this morning after I slept with it splinted (which I was advised to do).

I see her again on Thursday, hopefully I’ll get more progress then. I am really hoping this is not permanent. I really want to regain full range of motion in my fingers.
 
Herbaceous said:
I had another follow up for my hand yesterday, and unfortunately it didn’t go super well - there’s some concern that my claw-hand might be permanent, and I was advised to switch physiotherapists since mine hasn’t been able to make much progress. It’s a shame, since I do really like my physiotherapist, and she did a good job on my ankle.

Anyway, I went off to see the hand specialist, and within one session she got the swelling way down (by massaging my shoulders and armpit, of all places) and improved my range of motion a bit. All the swelling came back and my fingers were stiff again this morning after I slept with it splinted (which I was advised to do).

I see her again on Thursday, hopefully I’ll get more progress then. I am really hoping this is not permanent. I really want to regain full range of motion in my fingers.
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Sorry to hear this. It's the stupid little injuries that get you down so much. I took a fall at work when I was 20. It took 15 years to resolve most of the issues but we did get there in the end. The wrist still dislocates at night when I relax and go to sleep though.

My sister took a fall back in September and hurt her ankle, hand, face, teeth and ended up with a medical brace and all sorts of issues. She had been seeing a physio as well with her hand. She couldn't move her fingers and so on. I had taken my trigger point ball with me to the UK to massage my glutes and thigh to help with the long haul flight pain. She asked about it when she saw me 'playing' with it and tried it out. I just told her to find the really site spots and hold it there gently until the pain eases and then move it and repeat. After 1 lunch session with it she was so much better than all her physio appointments. Needless to say the ball didn't come home with me.

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Which reminds me. I need to replace it. It is so very useful.
 
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