purple martin window gel clings

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MaryanneKaht IL
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Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:34 pm
Location: Spring Grove IL
Martin Colony History: Active colony of purple martins at this location since 2002.
We have 2 Trio converted Castles + one 8 compartment gourd rack and one 12 compartment gourd rack. 2025 summary: Best year ever! Fledged 100+ purple martins with zero sparrows at colony site this year!

We have windows that reflect and seems to be targets for bird hits! We have several gel clings which help; however, I have been unable to find any purple martin clings....I have exhausted websites without luck.....any suggestions?
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Location: Erie, PA

The American Bird Conservancy has been actively developing and testing products to reduce window strikes - their bird tape gets high marks, and they offer other products as well.

https://abcbirds.org/get-involved/bird-smart-glass/
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Larry A Kronemeyer
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Joined: Mon May 22, 2006 5:27 pm
Location: Illinois/Millstadt

We had a martin hit our porch window last year and sadly didn't survive. Hard to lose one that way. They are excellent at maneuvering but sometimes miscalculate. Somewhere I read to use a yellow highlighter to mark a grid on your windows, birds visual spectrum see it ...almost invisible to humans. No bird strikes after that, could have been luck, I don't know. It fades a bit over time so I kept re-highlighting every so often. Comes off easily with window cleaner. Will be drawing on my windows in the next few days :grin: ...don't want any martins crashing. A certain cooper hawk....well that's another matter.
Larry and Judy Kronemeyer
est. 1999
1-12 compartment Trendsetter and 8 gourds(crescents)
12 gourd rack (crescents)
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MaryanneKaht IL
Posts: 15
Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:34 pm
Location: Spring Grove IL
Martin Colony History: Active colony of purple martins at this location since 2002.
We have 2 Trio converted Castles + one 8 compartment gourd rack and one 12 compartment gourd rack. 2025 summary: Best year ever! Fledged 100+ purple martins with zero sparrows at colony site this year!

Thank you Larry for your suggestion. However, I am searching for decorative clings in the shape of purple martins to keep other song birds from hitting our windows. I am currently using Easter and St. Patrick's Day gels on the windows, but still searching for the purple martin image.
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ToyinPA
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Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:07 pm
Location: PA/Avis
Martin Colony History: The 1972 St. Agnes flood wiped out all the Martins in my area. One day, in 1997-98, 5 or 6 Martins landed on the power wires crossing my back yard. I had no house for them. They kept coming back day after day. We got a martin house a few weeks later & they have been coming back every year since. I average 12-15 pair per year.

MaryanneKahtIL wrote:Thank you Larry for your suggestion. However, I am searching for decorative clings in the shape of purple martins to keep other song birds from hitting our windows. I am currently using Easter and St. Patrick's Day gels on the windows, but still searching for the purple martin image.
OPPSSS not permitted to post websites. I found some, set of 6, not all great but the only ones after looking at tons of pages. Send me an e-mail & I'll give you the website I found them on.
tergott@comcast.net

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