Placed my feeder near a window. Bad idea.

Had the feeder about 3 feet from my back sliding door in Eugene. A sharp-shinned hawk came in hot and a mourning dove smashed right into the glass. Took me 10 minutes to get it to fly off. Anyone else had this happen with window placement?

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jesse_west19d ago

Got a buddy up in Portland who made the same mistake. He had his feeder right next to his living room window so he could watch the birds while drinking his morning coffee. A Cooper's hawk chased a junco straight into the glass and it dropped like a rock. He ran outside and that little junco just sat there stunned for like five minutes before it finally flew off all wobbly. He moved that feeder out to the middle of the yard the same day.

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alicecooper18d ago

That junco situation is exactly why you gotta think about the whole food chain, not just the feeder birds. The glass turns a feeder into a death trap when predators show up, and most people don't realize it until something bad happens. Moving that feeder further out or adding those UV decals to the window makes a huge difference for the little guys.