![]() Everyone working together can make a difference.įatal Light Awareness Program, FLAP. Dallas and Fort Worth are in the migratory flight paths, many songbirds migrate at night and can be drawn to the light and become confused and collide. COMMERCIAL BUILDING BIRD STRIKES: If you are routinely finding birds that have flown into your office building, share with the management and owners, the following information on FLAP. There are transparent window films that allow light in while appearing opaque on the outsideīUILDING OR REPLACING WINDOWS: Further solutions especially if you are building a home or replacing your windows. Many art and craft stores carry decals.Īpply a window film to the outside of the window. Your purchase through our product page supports the DFW Wildlife Coalition Hotline.Īpply decals, spacing them across and up and down the window. These products are recommended for bird strikes. Relocate house plants several feet away from the window. Keep your vertical blinds at least halfway closed and shades, or curtains closed to reduce reflection.Īt night, keep your lights off or close your curtains and shades. ![]() Move feeders or bird baths, either within 3 feet of the window, which will limit collision opportunity, or more than 30 feet away so that the birds will recognize the whole house instead of the reflection. Hang wind chimes with shinny objects above the window. Keep mosquito or solar screens up all year. A few ways to prevent these collisions are as follows: Please manage your pets during these critical times by taking cats and dogs indoors.īIRD STRIKES: When a bird is looking at the window, they often will see the reflection of the sky or trees not the window. Please reference our “Quick Tips” located in the upper right corner of our website for instructions on containing, transporting, providing life saving heat, and finding a wildlife rehabilitator. If they are active and running do not rescue.ĭUCKLING AND GOSLING should always be accompanied by a mother, if not rescue. If you see the parent do not rescue unless the fledgling is injured.Ī GROUND NESTING BIRD such as killdeer, are born feathered and ready to run and partially feed themselves. Normally the fledgling will hide in shrubbery or undergrowth. The parents will continue to feed and protect the bird. At this stage they are often kidnapped by well meaning individuals who do not understand the process of learning to fly which will take several days up to a couple of weeks depending on the species. The fledgling will be on the ground hopping around.The fledgling will look like the parents however, you may notice the tail feathers are shorter than the adult. If they do not resume care within two hours proceed with rescue.Ī FLEDGLING is a fully feathered bird that is learning to fly. Go inside and watch from a window to determine if the parents have resumed care. Attach to the tree as close to the original site as you can safely do so. The container needs to be shallow as the parents will not accept a deep container. If the entire nest and several nestlings are on the ground, you can get the nest and babies put in a small wicker basket or a cool whip container with holes in the bottom to allow for drainage.Birds will not reject a baby you have handled.If you can safely return the nestling, do so. A nestling should be returned to the nest for care and warmth from the parents.It will not be able to grip tightly on a finger. A nestling is not capable of hopping, walking, or fluttering. It will have no feathers or incomplete feathering, such as downy feathers or pin feathers which are undeveloped feathers consisting mostly of the shaft. Shivering is cold, featherless or nearly featherless and you cannot safely return to the nest.ĮXCEPTION FOR RESCUING A BIRD ON THE GROUND:Ī nestling is a bird that is too young to be away from the nest.Fishing line or other object tangled in the wing or body.Is injured, bleeding, broken wing or leg.
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