Can We Stop Millions of Birds From Crashing Into Windows? | National Geographic

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  • @Bamabrat9171
    @Bamabrat9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please keep talking about this. Spreading the word about window collisions needs to be talked about ALOT more.

  • @toddbob55
    @toddbob55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Had it happen 3 times this week all 3 had head trauma leaking fluid. .....They see a tree reflection in the glass and think its a clear path...... Its heart breaking and im gona fix this.

  • @A10TOES
    @A10TOES 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My method is working just fine because I used BLACK para cord and it moves with the slightest of breeze.....I did some research, using para cord & stick on velcro , measure window width & length, cut the cords accordingly to measurements. Hang on the "outside" of the window from the top using the velcro.I anchored on the top ends and the middle. The slightest breeze will even make them move & looks pretty cool, the vertical hanging strips spaced 4 inches apart keeps birds from hitting the window, I had to do something because the birds hit my picture window with such force, they were breaking their necks.

  • @FrederickDunn
    @FrederickDunn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have solved this problem... easy, inexpensive and it works, that simple... I don't think having birds in a shipping container, with two exit options, is a very good "real life" example of what works and doesn't. I'm glad it's getting more and more attention and that professional analysis is being performed, but often the simple solutions are best. For home owners anyway.. the high rise structures are another thing altogether. Thank you for sharing! Look up "How To Stop Bird from Hitting Windows" on TH-cam... it's around 3 minutes long... :)

  • @69LaPatrona
    @69LaPatrona 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Its like a suicide mission... Poor birdies 💔

    • @gav2balls
      @gav2balls 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      KAMIKAZEE!

  • @vb2010helper
    @vb2010helper 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Time to change to linux

    • @ronaldalan22
      @ronaldalan22 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or IOS? xD!

    • @Dziugenonas
      @Dziugenonas 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Norwegian ProGamer - Norsk Film Kanal! Fucking dumbass

    • @ronaldalan22
      @ronaldalan22 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dziugenonas Shut ut Spanish Italian hater.

    • @Dziugenonas
      @Dziugenonas 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Norwegian ProGamer - Norsk Film Kanal!
      I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm not Spanish or Italian, and I'm not a hater of Spanish or Italian people.

  • @erie559
    @erie559 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating study. How can the knowledge gained from this study be used to prevent bird deaths that occur with windmill generators?

    • @ChadDidNothingWrong
      @ChadDidNothingWrong 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The noise they make should be enough to deter most birds once they've associated the danger, but a big part of the problem is windfarms are so incredibly huge that any bird that _drops in from above_ is surrounded by the noise (and danger) for miles all around.
      Regardless, it may be impossible to create such vast no-bird regions all over the country....so, it is a good question.

  • @kerbalizergamingsoldchanne1926
    @kerbalizergamingsoldchanne1926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this happened to me yesterday ;-;

  • @714Joker1
    @714Joker1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seen it happen in my old school

  • @MattSynysterRx20
    @MattSynysterRx20 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pray for the bird specie

  • @brodiejohnson1947
    @brodiejohnson1947 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can anybody explain what is going on at 2:27?

    • @MarshRat00
      @MarshRat00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She is blowing on the bird's chest to move the feathers out of the way to check the amount of body fat. It is a common technique and often checked when catching birds for scientific study.

  • @bigmac2839
    @bigmac2839 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have big windows on my second floor and yeah once in awhile they hit my windows and hop around with broken necks till they die.

    • @darugdawg2453
      @darugdawg2453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im in a 14 floor and ton of birds are all over my balcony and rooftop. Ive never seen dead birds on the ground floor

  • @lesleyking
    @lesleyking 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This would scare me

  • @rod4501
    @rod4501 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your great work!

  • @Aquadood23
    @Aquadood23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just use the smudge stick!

  • @kathymurguia6881
    @kathymurguia6881 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    now lets also try to stop birds from getting sucked into airplanes

  • @slhines7
    @slhines7 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know that I've witnessed such a terrible thing happen at least a dozen times.

  • @Psunfire
    @Psunfire 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A bird got into the air vents at work the other day. Poor thing

  • @diegomagana5358
    @diegomagana5358 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:26 why are you doing that to the bird? How is that necessary for this kind of experiment?

    • @Tab-cg2nv
      @Tab-cg2nv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They softly blow the feathers to check for fat deposits as a measure of health. If you pause the video and look at the bird's breast, you can see a portion towards the throat/upper-breast that is a yellowish-cream color, which is fat beneath the skin. Seeing how much body fat a bird has can help indicate how healthy that individual is, what stage of migration it may be on, etc.

    • @diegomagana5358
      @diegomagana5358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tab-cg2nv thx for the informative answer! I thought it was being dissected alive!!!

  • @koningklootzak7788
    @koningklootzak7788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about drawing lives in window with UV pen?

  • @Konphetty
    @Konphetty 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ive never seen a bird crash on a window

    • @Kevin_valdez_
      @Kevin_valdez_ 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      youve probably heard it. it sounds like a tennis ball.

    • @paradisegunshot
      @paradisegunshot 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      happens mostly on skyscrapers.

  • @LearningToFly1000
    @LearningToFly1000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am the only one feeling bad for those poor little birds being used for this kind of test?

  • @ArchieHIGGS
    @ArchieHIGGS 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I witnessed it many times i even pick up the poor dead birds ):

  • @ThreeGuysOneBucket
    @ThreeGuysOneBucket 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I was 12 I took my dads old 4x4 on the backroads near where I lived by myself, goin' 30 down the dirt roads and *SLAM* a bird gone and slammed into my dad's windshield. I hit the breaks and got out and the bird was crying out cause it didnt go and die right away, it kind of flopped around on the ground trying to fly with just one wing but failing. I figured it was in all sorts of pain, and I got kind of sad so I stepped on its head. I hurd this little *crunch* kind of sound and it wouldnt stop flopping, but its mouth stayed open and woudnt close know, all stuff firm in the mud now, it still tried to flap its wings. So I got back in my dads truck and did the only think I could do for the bird and peeled out on that bird with my dads four wheel drive, hell yeah, I mudded right there, got his windows all wet grinding into that bird, and then I cut the engine and heard the bird warnt crying no more so I smiled to myself because I knowed I helped put a bird out of its misery, so I drove off and kept goin.

    • @mariabardo7347
      @mariabardo7347 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ILMAO!! You are fucked up but it was hilarious.

    • @gav2balls
      @gav2balls 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yo thats pretty messed up.

  • @blomegoog
    @blomegoog 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    boring video but upvoted for LEED inclusion.

  • @meeshi16
    @meeshi16 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Poor birds so what they crash the windows there smart enough to stop doing that

  • @leviahimsa
    @leviahimsa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Save 200 animals a year! Go vegan!

  • @dogwithhat947
    @dogwithhat947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s the circle of life

  • @meeshi16
    @meeshi16 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Y'all are abusing the bird

  • @Andres64B
    @Andres64B 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who cares? Seriously. I love nature I love animals. But I don't give a fuck about some stupid bird flying into a window.

    • @eddiesteele7428
      @eddiesteele7428 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      We know, you hate hate hate it. You really would prefer it fly up that gay ass.

  • @madman2u
    @madman2u 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't think a billion birds is a lot considering there's like a few hundred billion birds on Earth. Still for the sake of science, I think it's a good thing to try to help the tiny critters from flying into their doom.

    • @gav2balls
      @gav2balls 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ur profile pic is a bird

  • @ChadDidNothingWrong
    @ChadDidNothingWrong 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Natural selection has likely solved much this issue already, and will likely solve it completely at some point, so the question should be: are birds adapting fast enough?
    For some reason I've never heard anyone ask this question though.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, they obviously cannot adapt fast enough when at least a BILLION die every year. In evolutionary terms, skyscrapers are a very new thing, heck, WINDOWS are a very new thing. We as humans, who are causing this unnatural problem, need to find ways to mitigate the damage we cause, especially to migrating birds, who have been migrating for eons.