This could save birds’ lives: Free window-collision-deterrent installations

| West Seattle news | Wildlife

While your home windows might provide you a great view of birds outside – those same windows also could be a threat to their lives. Local advocates are offering an opportunity through August to do something about that, and asked us to share this announcement with you:

Window collisions kill more than one billion birds each year, but the good news is, simple solutions can make a big difference.

The West Seattle Garden Tour is generously funding a joint effort between Birds Connect Seattle and Urban Raptor Conservancy to help reduce bird-window collisions.

If you are a West Seattle resident that could use some support making your windows safer for birds, please fill out this collision deterrent installation assistance form.

Installation and material costs are fully covered by Birds Connect Seattle, with flexible solutions for most housing types, whether you rent or own (at this time installation is preferred on lower story easily accessible windows.) This program runs through August, and we’d love to connect with you soon.

HawkFan12 July 16, 2026 (10:12 am)

Ok now what about cats

WSB July 16, 2026 (10:51 am)

As a lifelong indoor-cat companion, I’d say the only added expense of keeping your cat indoors is the litter box. I don’t think they’re offering subsidies on that. But it’s an interesting idea!
Sarah July 16, 2026 (11:54 am)

I’ve repeatedly written to Birds Connect Seattle asking them to prioritize outdoor cats as an issue, or at least put some pressure on Seattle Animal Control and Shelter to be more proactive in their practices. SAS has nothing on their site about the risks of allowing cats to roam free, nothing in their adoption information about the importance of keeping cats indoors, and in fact has information about the importance of not disrupting outdoor cats. It’s very irresponsible.
K to the F July 16, 2026 (1:48 pm)

Lifelong cat human. Have never had one be indoor/outdoor… until this kitty. As a kitten, she started urinating in our house and even on us while we slept. Had vet check her out, run tests, yet found nothing. Finally the vet gave us two choices: possibly drug her for life or let her out. We let her out and have never had a problem. She wears a bird saver crinkle collar (not a bell — that’s just a dinner sound for coyotes). Not every cat is meant for living solely indoors so we do the best with what we got.
k July 16, 2026 (8:36 pm)

When I first read this post I thought they had a cat that was getting injured running into windows. Thank you all for your responses. It makes a lot more sense that they’re still talking about birds.

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