I had a nearly sad event with a male evening grosbeak who hit a window pretty hard this weekend. I was afraid he'd broken his neck. It was very chilly and he was lying twisted beneath the window, so I went outside and gathered him up to move him out of the shade to a sunny spot. I never know if it's better to move them, like I did, or to leave them so they won't be traumatized by me handling them. Does anyone have any insight? In this particular instance all's well that ends well, as he flew off a few minutes later.
Thanks, Lynn
PS we have all sorts of things in our windows to help the birds see them, but still they run into them. Anyone have a particularly good deterrent for windows?
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