Beautiful birds. I always feel awful when one hits the window, but because of all the nearby trees and underbrush they seldom are flying at full speed and they are usually stunned, not killed. Thankfully!
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The hawks must fly into the glass at some high speeds, I'm just happy they haven't blown out the window yet. We had a pheasant crash through our double-pane kitchen window. We found him next to the woodstove, 12 feet from where the window was.
I hope it doesn't happen again, but I'm afraid it surely will.
I had a grouse break out a kitchen window in a cabin we once owned. What a mess that was because it was winter and we were not there and it wasn't discovered until weeks later.
Grouse look like a football when flying, compact and they get up to a good speed very quickly.
I think that many times birds see their reflection in the window and fly towards it. I have also heard that during a certain time of the year, there is a berry, not sure which one it is, but when the birds eat it they become disoriented, almost like getting drunk. This might explain some of the encounters with windows. I think they call that FUI.