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One of my favorite points today was managing pests with a “work with them” approach. I liked when Barbara mentioned she has trained her squirrels, Crows, and Jays to leave her prey birds alone by feeding them the food they prefer in a different place of the yard.
You can order many of the items we heard about today including the Bark Butter, Feeders, and Predator Deterents on their website here: https://order.wbu.com/eugene/bird-food/bark-butter/bark-butter
Why Do Birds Strike Windows?
- Birds strike windows when they see trees and adjacent landscapes reflected in the glass. Birds do not easily interpret windows as impenetrable until the reflection is removed or reduced.
- Young birds suffer window strikes when learning new unfamiliar landscapes.
- Migratory birds become disoriented by outdoor lighting, causing them to circle buildings, structures and windows, often striking them.
- Inclement weather that forces migratory birds to temporarily halt their journey and land in new locations, poses a major window strike risk.
Simple Actions You Can Take To Protect Birds
- Acopian Bird Savers – Paracords hung outside in the fronts of windows
- CollidEscape – Collision reduction window films
- Feather Friendly Tape – Placed on the outside of windows within 2×4 or 2×2 inches apart and covering the window.
- Reduce window reflection by placing UV decals or opaque decals in your windows. Must cover the window and be placed within 4 inches apart or the decals will NOT be effective. Decals sold by WindowAlert and at the Bird Watcher’s General Store in Orleans.
- ArtScape Window Bird Deflectors – Beautiful window films and decorative accents that prevent bird strikes.
- Eliminate outdoor lighting which can disorient migratory birds.
Turn off unnecessary indoor/outdoor lighting between the hours of 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM nightly. - Draw vertical lines on your windows with a glass-writing pen. Must be less than 4 inches apart. Stripes/irregular patterns should be 1/8th wide and visible.
Spray soapy water, or place UV liquid on your windows to break the reflection. (UV Liquid sold at WindowAlert.) - You can also use other “bird friendly” tape, ribbons, or tempera paint on the outside of your windows (<4 inches apart and a minimum of 1/8th wide), or keep your shades down to reduce reflection.
- Place bird feeding stations within 15 feet of your home or dwelling to reduce strike impact.
- Read The American Bird Conservancy’s Resource Sheet on how to prevent bird-window collisions
I like the ideas of replanting, smothering and edging. Curious what you have in mind when you say building a raised bed…
Did you mean repairing the two in-ground beds or building a new raised one?
Greetings Gardeners!
This is a discussion specifically about our persistent grass pest.
I’m always grateful to the time and energy that went into preparing these two in-ground beds for pollinators and people in the community.
Since the crabby grass (technical species unknown) has pissed us all off so much, it was posed at a recent meeting that the club hire somebody specifically to weed back the grass and allow our plantings to flourish.
Other possible solutions include replanting our perennials after removing the weeds with larger equipment, or smothering the weeds and re-layering cardboard and landscape fabric.
We would like to hear your alternative suggestions and feedback. How would you approach?
Tool Request: Getting into Winter prep– does anyone have opinions on good generators? I know some people have been looking for good advice.
Glean Request: Does anyone have Apples left that I can glean? Willing to help with tree clean-up work.
