A Canadian eighth-grader who loves birds was distressed to note a worldwide score of Glass Windows 500,000,000 - Birds 0. So he researched bird vision, found that birds can see ultraviolet colors that humans cannot see, and found a company that makes fluorescent ultraviolet paint for use in bowling alleys. He used this to create falcon-shaped decals which he placed on the windows of his family's cottage - after which, the birds stopped colliding with the windows.
Credit to the Reddit thread for noting that a similar product, called WindowAlert, is already on the market, raising the question of whether his "research" was a Google search. Others note that the images at the WindowAlert site suggest that their product is not invisible to human eyes; there is also the further consideration that if his product is invisible, how would the buyer find it inside the packaging without the assistance of a bird?
In the photo above he is holding the invisible decal. I, being human, of course don't see anything. If you see something that appears to be a nylon thong, then you must be a bird.
All kidding aside, kudos to the young man for his intellectual curiosity in the pursuit of a laudable goal (although the squirrels that eat birds that fall to the yard and deck beneath windows will not be happy...)
KUDOS TO THAT KID FOR DOING SOMETHING RATHER THAN STAND AND WAIT FOR THE ADULTS, WHO DID NOTHING. WE LOVE BIRDS! SAVE THE BIRDS!
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