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At the end of a day in late April a bird hit our bay windows. Lee Trott was writing letters at the table where we have meals and watch birds at the feeder, five feet away. I was ‘fixing’ (as we say in the South) supper at the kitchen end of the long room. We both heard the soft ‘thunk’ of feathers colliding with glass. Lee went outside and immediately returned with a Carolina Chickadee. She held it properly, the way one is taught when holding birds for banding. The bird’s head was between her fore- and middle- finger, her thumb and last two fingers gently grasping the bird’s body which lay on its hack in her hand. Firmly held this way, the bird is secure, yet there is not great pressure on any part of it’s body. If not held correctly, a bird can, on occasion, recover quickly, suddenly struggle, and escape. The result will be another collision with a window. This one from inside as the bird flies toward the light as it tries to escape.
The chickadee was alive, yet stunned. This is the usual case with window strikes. The tiny bird was placed in a brown paper bag and the top was folded over and secured with a bulldog clip. A few holes were punched in the bag with sharp pencil, then the bag was placed in a warm, quiet place.
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