Bird strike imprint on window - Photo: Dee Renee Ericks

 If a Bird Hits Your Window …

…Observe it before handling. Some strike victims recover after initially being stunned. If a stunned bird is in imminent danger (i.e., a lurking cat), place it in a box and set it in a safe and quiet place. Check the bird in one hour. If it is alert, active and able to fly, release it immediately. If the bird is still having trouble, reach out to our local bird rescue contact:

Cindy Dailey

Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue

1014 Parkridge Drive

Port Townsend, WA  98368

 Phone:  360-379-0802

What To Do With a Dead Bird?

Have you ever found a dead bird and wished helplessly that you could do something! Well now you can! You can help by contributing information about your poor bird to a a free, easy to use app called "dBird".

Most of you have heard of the app "eBird", used around the world for documenting sightings of live birds. This app is called "dBird" whose mission is to scientifically collect dead bird data.

Recognizing there is a low awareness to the severity of the threats that face birds, and limited data specific to Washington or the Pacific Northwest, dBird will help fill in the gaps to our knowledge. Threats to birds include outdoor free-roaming cats, collisions with buildings and vehicles, pesticides, entanglement in plastic pollution, and more. These man-caused sources of bird mortality have contributed to a 29% decline in the abundance of birds across North America since the 1970s. Successfully collecting dead bird data could provide substantial motivation and help build support for new policies and practices that improve conditions for birds.

You can provide information on your finds to dBird.org, a free, online tool for crowd sourcing data on bird mortality.

Report your sightings of dead birds at https://dbird.org/.