Have had exact same thing with several species, most recently a male
Evening Grosbeak. We keep a small cardboard box with linen cloth at
bottom. Place them in that until they revive and so far they always do,
including the male GrBk. Then lift bird out in sun and off they invariably
go. Ian Baldwin

On 4/25/16, 9:18 PM, "Upper Valley Birders on behalf of Dan Hudnut & Lynn
Sheldon" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of
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>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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