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They just don't understand windows...  About an hour ago, Debbie and I both heard a loud “boom”.  We both thought it was something like a small propane gas explosion, so we carefully looked at everything that uses gas in the house (heater, water heater, dryer, stove).  Nada.  Then just a few minutes ago, Debbie spotted a dead juvenile California quail, lying on the ground just outside our laundry room window.  It must have been what made that noise, by flying into that window.  I went out, made certain it was actually gone (its neck was obviously broken), and then buried it.

We hate these window strikes, which are distressingly common on our south-facing windows.  The fact that it was one of our more beautiful local birds just made it that much worse...

Update: an anonymous commenter pointed me to this Science News article about scientists studying the problem of window strikes.  I just read this a couple days ago (in the paper version), and had no idea it was online...