Beautiful story and so well told... should submit it to a magazine. 
Quite the Christmas story... Happy Solstice to all!

Cheers!

dawna
Mad Birders
Moretown


Jane Stein wrote:
> Mundi, it wasn't me who posted the story, I was just forwarding J. 
> Schulte's post to a friend.
> 
> I haven't heard about the yellow highlighter thing.  Is that supposed to 
> work better than other things?  I only have an occasional problem with 
> birds hitting the window, but nothing I've tried putting in or over the 
> window seems to make any difference.
> 
> Jane
> 
> 
> Mundi Smithers wrote:
>> Jane,
>> No need to apologize for sending the story to the list .... at least 
>> in my opinion.  It was indeed a wonderful accounting and it just made 
>> my day and perhaps my entire weekend!
>>
>> Historically I keep an old pie basket (with a lid and lined with an 
>> old dishtowell) on our porch .  Many a chickadee or other feeder bird 
>> that has knocked itself senseless on a window has spent an hour or two 
>> in the pie basket in the warm kitchen having a chance to regain it's 
>> equalibrium.  When I think the 'guest' is ready to leave I just set 
>> the basket outside, lift the lid and away it goes!
>>
>> Has anyone heard about writing on a window with a yellow highliter to 
>> prevent the birds from inadvertantly flying into the glass?
>>
>> Mundi
>> Pownal
>>
>>
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