Bird strike imprint on window - Photo: Dee Renee Ericks
If a Bird Hits Your Window …
Stunned bird after window strike - Photo: Bob Phreaner
…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
email: discobaywb@gmail.com
Female Western Tanager, victim of a window strike. Photo by Dee Renee Ericks
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.
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/.