Tips for Preventing Window Collisions at Your Home or Business

The window film at the Audubon Resource Center at Lettuce Lake Park is helping prevent bird collisions. (Photo by Jonathan Hoiles)

Preventing bird window strikes is a shared responsibility that benefits wildlife and people. By making simple changes to windows, lighting, and landscaping, you can significantly reduce bird collisions. Creating bird-safe environments supports biodiversity and promotes coexistence with nature in our daily lives.

The good news is that anyone can install bird collision deterrent technology to the windows at their home or business.

More information, along with excellent tips, is provided by National Audubon in the link below:

https://www.audubon.org/news/reducing-collisions-glass

Sources and ideas for preventing bird collisions include:

• Feather Friendly - https://featherfriendly.com/

• Acopian Bird Savers - https://www.birdsavers.com/

• One-way transparent film, such as Collidescape: https://www.collidescape.org/

• Solyx Bird Safety Window Films, https://www.decorativefilm.com/specialty-bird-safety

• Bird Divert, https://www.birddivert.com/

• Tempera paint or soap

• Decals, stickers, sun catchers and mylar strips

Other home solutions can be found at the American Bird Conservancy website: https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/

Help fund the window film at Lettuce Lake Park

If you would like to help pay for the costs of the window film at Lettuce Lake, please send a tax-deductible contribution to Tampa Audubon. Here is a link (https://www.tampaaudubon.org/post/how-donate-to-tampa-audubon) explaining several ways you can make a donation. Please make a note on your donation that it is for window film at Lettuce Lake Park.