Has Anyone Noticed Any Strange Behavior By Birds Lately?......

[global1]

like purposely flying erratic and into windows and knocking themselves out or dying?

I've seen a lot of this lately and am wondering what's going on.

[Turin_C3PO]

1. I've seen three dead birds

the past two days. It seems something's going on.

[Jirel]

7. Migration.

You have more birds flying through, you have more flying into things.

Also, weakened/hungry birds may do dumb things.

[Renew Deal]

2. It's probably a local issue

Maybe even specific to a small area. Did anything change like foliage or sunlight? Any hurricanes take down trees recently?

[Ms. Toad]

3. I don't know if it is new or not

since I haven't walked by this particular set of windows before.

But due to a change in entrance and exit to the building I work in I have noticed an extraordinary number of dead birds in the walkway I need to use to get to the current entrance door.

They may have been there before - I don't know. But they are there now. Several a week - and all I'm seeing are the ones who didn't survive the window crash.

[secondwind]

4. Nothing down here in the Caribbean...there's lots of birds everywhere, thank goodness.

[triron]

5. We had lots of dead migratory birds found in NM.

Other than that I haven't noticed much but I normally don't pay a whole lot of attention.

[hlthe2b]

6. In the West we are seeing massive die-offs of song birds believed related to smoke from wildfires

Some of this (including erratic neurological behavior) can be from WNV infection, but our populations have bounced back from the peak of WNV introduction.

It is sad to see, but then I think about all the wildlife who we've lost in the most horrific way this summer.

[kimbutgar]

24. A month ago when the fires were burning in CA I saw this bird that could have been an eagle

With singed wings and it was making these weird sounds. It was on my neighbors roof that I saw outside my bathroom window. I took some pictures from my cell phone. I have a bird bath on my deck that I have for my cat to be entertained. Lately the birds have not been as abundant as usual coming for a bath.

[SweetieD]

8. The birds in my area have been extra loud.

[smirkymonkey]

26. Same here in Boston.

They have been very chatty lately. In fact, I have my balcony door open now and they are tweeting up a storm. It's not unpleasant, just kind of unusual.

[Catherine Vincent]

38. It's the same where I live!

Uncanny.

[Cozmo]

9. Haven't noticed the bird thing, but...

When I lived in San Francisco, the birds would act wild just before an earthquake. I'm a sensitive and have been feeling that something is in the air. For what it's worth.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Direct inquiries to Tippi Hedren.

[Tanuki]

11. There was a sad story about this out of Philadelphia.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/birds-center-city-philadelphia-audubon-october-2-2020-20201007.html



...."So many birds were falling out of the sky, we didn’t know what was going on," he said, choking up. "It was a really catastrophic event. The last time something like this happened was in 1948.”

On Friday, an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 birds flew into buildings in a 3½-block radius of Center City overnight and into early morning during what Maciejewski called a “perfect storm” of avian calamity. That could mean thousands more likely perished elsewhere in the city, he estimated.

He collected 400 birds between 5 and 8 a.m. in the radius he regularly covers roughly spanning 17th to 19th Streets between Market Street and JFK Boulevard — an astonishing number, according to an Audubon Pennsylvania official."...(more)

[Rollo]

12. It's the time of year where pyracantha berries ripen...

... and ferment on the bushes, creating enough alcohol that the birds that eat them get drunk and start crashing into windows.

Happens just about every year. Check your shrubbery.

[pwb]

13. I put post it notes on my window hoping they see it. In the summer when

young birds leave the nest I fill up all the windows they seem to hit. Usually young birds fly into my windows but I think it is a accident on their part. Not sure about intentionally hurting themselves, cant say on dead birds. I am not alone.

[flamin lib]

14. It is definitely a migration issue.

https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/threats-to-birds/collisions/buildings-and-glass.php#:~:text=Birds%20collide%20with%20windows%20on,not%20see%20as%20a%20barrier.

It's a well documented and recurring issue.

Cardinals do it on my balcony all the time. Fortunately it's a small balcony crowded with trees so they don't have the airspeed to themselves much harm.

[Codeine]

15. Birds aren't real. nt

[demmiblue]

16. No. n/t

[Blue_true]

17. There was a very large article on heightened bird dying a few months ago.

Researchers are closely studying the problem. One key finding is that bird autopsies are revealing that the birds have almost no body fat, so they are literally starving to death and many are literally falling from the skies. If you have ever been hungry, you loose mental focus and your motions become more ragged, at least that is the case with me. So, it, to me, it is understandable why starving birds would behave strangely.

[TuxedoKat]

18. To keep birds from hitting windows

Invisible (practically) UV window paint:

https://smile.amazon.com/WindowAlert-UV-Liquid/dp/B00CEC42FG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=bird+window+paint&qid=1602435942&sr=8-2

[dem4decades]

19. The hummers left 2 weeks earlier here. We had all our feeders and plants out but

The natural food must have been gone due to the drought so they split. I can't imagine what will take place till I see them again.

[CTyankee]

41. our hummers usually visit in early May. I didn't see them, but we had a dead lilac there that we

had to replace so I am waiting patiently to see what will happen.

I miss my hummer ladies and one gent.

We did get a couple of robins, tho.

[dem4decades]

45. Buy a couple of Vermillionare plants next year. We transplant ours into hanging pots and

Hang them on our deck. You have to keep watering them but the hummers will come all summer. Sometimes when going from one plant to another they'll stop in front of your face to check you out. We also planted some Crocosimia that they love and of course bee balm.

Only problem is they don't like to share and drive bomb each other off the plants. If they shared they'd all be fat and happy.

[magicarpet]

20. Some bird of prey is devouring the pigeons hanging around,..

... my property.

Could be an owl, falcon, hawk, or eagle.

There are feathers everywhere.

Have yet to find a single carcass though.

[Polly Hennessey]

28. Bet the birds of prey

blame it on cats.

[magicarpet]

30. Now that you mention,... it could be cats,... a few feral hang out around too.

I don't feed the pigeons. But I noticed when I cut the grass,... the pigeons come down from their perch and feed on the grass seeds in the driveway that are generated by the lawn mowing.

The cats might nail the birds then. Likely in the early morning before I am able to notice.

I have a nice collection of feathers now.

[NCDem47]

21. Weird you posted this.

I've had four dead birds near my home windows in the last two weeks. Of course, I did just have new windows put in. So maybe that has something to do with it.

In every situation, they are just lying there like they are sleeping. No apparent trauma.

[magicarpet]

31. Put decals on your window glass. The birds see the tree and sky reflection,...

.... in the window,.. get confused,.. and fly right into the reflection.

[KatyMan]

43. We did that in the spring

And haven't had any strikes. Usually have 3 or 4 a summer, but only 1 has ever been fatal.

[The Genealogist]

22. The only unusual thing I have noted is a bald-headed female cardinal

I rarely leave the house anymore. I work from home, so about the only place I go is to get groceries once a week, or if I have business that requires me to leave.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

23. No, birds are normal in my area

[WhiskeyGrinder]

25. This happens during migration. It's unpleasant but normal.

[Polly Hennessey]

27. No. Birds in my part of Northern California

are happily hopping around and searching for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I texted Tippi, just in case.

[Brother Buzz]

29. Pyracantha berries are ripening about now

Birds LOVE Pyracantha berries, and Bow howdy, birds get intoxicated eating them; the berries are mildly hallucinogenic for birds

[magicarpet]

32. Yes,.. when birds get drunk on berries and such,..

... they get euphoric and feel invincible. You might make little crash helmets for the birds around your place. Especially the ones that seem intoxicated.

[Brother Buzz]

35. I have no desire to mess with Mother Nature's plan

Besides, the spectacle is rather amusing. Hell, even our resident yard cat is entertained, "yum, canapés".

[CTyankee]

42. Can humans eat them? If so, do they have the same effect?

[Brother Buzz]

44. Yes and no

They're not toxic to humans, but you'd be sicker than a dog if you consumed enough to get any sort of a buzz.

[USALiberal]

33. Lounge? nt

[grantcart]

34. They don't understand there is only 22 days left of this insanity

[EX500rider]

36. These 2 were a little sketchy:

[whistler162]

37. No but I noticed a

very large British looking man walking around saying good evening a lot.

[TheProle]

39. It's 2020 for birds too.

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[EndlessWire]

40. For me it's lizards

I have noticed that lizards are looking in my windows. I have a door that has a window in it, and I am seeing lizards sticking their heads up and looking in. It might be the same lizard, but I think it is a different one.

Also, I have had three small birds, one at a time, get into the house. They fly around, perch near me without seeming to fear, and generally take a grand tour. Then, they disappear to wherever they go, and I don't see them again. I can't find the opening that they are getting in through, and there are no bodies.

I think I am just in their way, very inconsequential to their agenda.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

46. Silent Spring, and no birds sing

I spend a great deal of time hiking in somewhat remote places, mostly riparian areas.

About a month ago, it occurred to me that something was wrong.

It was the silence. I wasn't hearing any birds.