What do you do with your windows?

[torrap]

It must be something else you can do besides keeping the windows dressings closed all the time.....
Marley got scared 2 times during one month I have her and flew into the glass of the window. First time was because she got scared of the vacuum cleaner (I didn't know she is scared of it, now I know), second time was when the neighborhood kids came to visit her. Lucky for both of us she was not far from the window and couldn't fly very good either, so the impact was not horrid. But I would like to know what do you guys do with your windows having flying birds.
I make sure every morning Marley and I go together and open the drapes near her cage. We both look outside to check what is happening there and I make sure she is touching the glass with her beak. I hope she is smart to learn that there is a surface there. But I am smart enough to know that no matter how smart she is she is probably going for the light and what looks like escape when scared on a reflex.
Help!!!!

 

[Betrisher]

I have holland blinds on many of my windows, but would use lace curtains otherwise. Anything that indicates 'something' is there for the bird, really.

 

[MikeyTN]

I use sheer curtains, it lets in the light and it also let the bird know something is there.

 

[Mayden]

Some people use stickers too. But things such as blinds or net curtains are usually used.

My birds all know what a 'window' is and won't fly towards them. But we have to teach them that first (same with mirrors) by putting something over it so they can still see some window/mirror but realise that it's not something they can fly through!

 

[tab_xo]

For the first few weeks i had Fargo he decided to try and fly out the window, so i had to have a sheet over it, and slowly reduced the amount that was covered!

So gradually over time, after a few minor hits, he learnt what a window was!

I also have his gym, and a hanging wooden ropey vine that hangs on the curtain rod, down the middle of the window, so even if he tried to fly into the window, he wouldnt get a clear hit !

But he hasnt had a problem with the window since September last year!

 

[forbey]

Someone referenced the stickers. We have one in our office, they are made to be almost invisible from one side and white from the outside so that birds flying towards them can see the window. I'm sure puting the stickers on the outside "looking" in would make them visible to the birds in the house.

I believe they can be obtained through the Audobon Society.

 

[getwozzy]

We use sheer curtains too...

 

[christinereed]

Em hit the window, too, but it wasn't because she thought it was the way out. We have curtains over the front windows at all times. I think she only flew in the beginning when she was startled, and she wasn't a confident flyer. She's much better now at going where she wants to go, including the top of my head when she feels like it.