We are at the peak of the summer here in Austin and as they say–” the livin’s easy”. While that may be true for you, for our avian friends this means an uptick in collisions with windows. The reason? More hours of daylight means more hours of the windows on your Austin home reflecting the sky and confusing birds. That’s right, birds are unable to tell the difference between a window and the world around. So, they often times accidentally fly into windows and usually die from their injuries–to the tune of 2 billion birds per year. So what can you as an Austin homeowner do help keep local birds safe and your window free of damage too? It is called bird strike prevention film and it is something we here at Greenlight both encourage and specialize in.
What Is Bird Strike Prevention Film?
Birdstrike prevention film is a window film that is “fritted”. What that means is the film has a tiny recurring pattern embedded into it. The pattern is usually horizontal and vertical dots or lines. These dots or lines are strategically spaced for maximum efficacy: spaced no more than two inches apart and vertical lines no more than four inches. This makes the window visible to flying birds and stops collisions. There are a lot of benefits to these films both for birds and humans too!
Benefits Of Birdstrike Prevention Film For Your Austin Home
While fretted films save birds from and ostensibly gruesome death–there are also benefits for humans/homeowners.
- Fretted films stop window damage: When a bird flies into a window on your home, the window usually wins but extensive damage can occur. Birdstrike prevention films, therefore, alleviate any time, money and hassle of having to replace a cracked window on your Austin home.
- Fretted films are customizable: While the patterns on bird strike prevention films are often dots and lines, you can have a lovely custom pattern created to enhance the look of your windows.
- Fretted films have many other window film benefits: Of course, saving species of birds is a great reason to get fretted window film. But, birdstrike window film also means, energy savings, increased security, and reduced fading of home furnishings for your Austin home too!
For more information on bird strike window film on your Austin home, and to give our feathered friends a break, contact us at Greenlight Window Films today!