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Poor little thing hit my window. Thankfully it flew away after 30 mins

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[–] thenextguy 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's giving you the middle toe. Flipping the human.

[–] kevindqc 2 points 2 weeks ago

Those little legs are flexible!

[–] Linus_Torvalds 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Anticorp 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] CheeryLBottom 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It had hit the window, but flew away,

[–] Anticorp 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CheeryLBottom 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, OP said it flew away :)

[–] Anticorp 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PlantJam 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can buy stickers to go on windows that are visible to birds but not as visible to humans to prevent this. Sadly many birds that hit windows aren't as luck as OP's bird.

The stickers are much cheaper online than they are from a specialty bird store. Curtains or blinds are also effective, of course.

[–] IMALlama 1 points 2 weeks ago

+1 The stickers are not fool (bird?) proof, but they do help a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's concussed I think