Panes of great peril 1 Edition
Wary of the neighbour's cat Millie, which listens for the thud of birds striking windows (as all cats do, at least the smart ones), I placed the honeyeater on top of our barbecue in the hope it would recover enough to fly away. Birds hitting windows are a special problem in spring when there is...
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| Published in | Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Hobart Town, Tas
Nationwide News Pty Ltd
27.09.2003
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| Summary: | Wary of the neighbour's cat Millie, which listens for the thud of birds striking windows (as all cats do, at least the smart ones), I placed the honeyeater on top of our barbecue in the hope it would recover enough to fly away. Birds hitting windows are a special problem in spring when there is frantic activity and mad flight in the garden. It's a subject I've covered in the past and for householders wanting to minimise this risk to garden birds there's an excellent pamphlet produced by the State Government's Nature Conservation Branch describing how to shield windows so they will not be a deathtrap for birds. When neighbours bring me birds that have come to grief, I always take the birds back to the spot where they were found and search for the nearest dense bush; in it I place the birds, well clear of the ground to escape cats. Invariably, you will hear the parent birds calling frantically from all around, with the chicks answering back. |
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| ISSN: | 1039-9992 |