I've seen that twice before

Once, years ago, getting into the car on a chilly morning the combination of dew and bird-grease on the driver's side window showed a perfect imprint a small bird with its wings fully outstretched.
More recently when I started a new job everyone in my pod was hot to show me the "pigeon print" on the boardroom window. A pigeon had hit the glass hard enough to leave facial details behind. The image remained there for at least two months.

By dangerballs on 26 November, 2009, 8:54am

It happened about a year ago on the glass doors of our patio. The bird was unharmed and flew off. I wasnt able to photograph the image, but it was pretty clear - although not as clear as the one in the picture. You could see the outstretched wings and body shape, but not the face.

By UncleFidel on 27 November, 2009, 10:49am

Birds do this!

I've seen a dove fly straight into a glass sliding door. It survived but didn't leave an imprint as in this story.

Several years ago, on the Coast to Coast AM website there was a pic posted of a church's glass paned door with a very similar bird mark. That picture is probably still in the photo archive of C2C's webpage by the way.

By byronicle on 1 December, 2009, 4:05am

seen similar

A grouse hit a picture window and left similar well defined imaged. I wonder what exactly it is they're leaving behind that forms the image - dust? Oil from the feathers? both? Something else?

By mzadragon on 3 December, 2009, 12:13am

This is very common

Nice photo (particularly the facial detail) but I have seen this twice before on my own windows and when I mentioned it to people at work one other person had also seen it before and bought in a photo of a perfect outline, with outstretched wing-feathers so it looked like a little angel had slammed into the glass!

By Lifestar on 8 December, 2009, 12:31pm

Years ago I was visiting a friend, and while we drank tea her daughter drew pictures. As the little girl proudly showed us her just-finished drawing of a cat trying to catch a bird we heard the crashing thud of something hitting the living room window.
We went outside and found a bird lying stunned on the ground, and the family's pet cat already only a few feet away, and very interested...
The family's pet hamster had recently gone to Hamster Heaven, so we picked up the bird and put it inside the cage because it wasn't dead or injured that we could see, only stunned.
We kept it in the cage for a few hours where it lay motionless on its side, and then it suddenly came to its senses and jumped up flapping. We took it outside and it flew away.
I don't remember if there was a mark on the window, or even what kind of bird it was. What I thought was remarkable at the time was how the little girl's drawing seemed to come to life - she drew it, and it immediately happened.

By pris8 on 21 February, 2010, 4:49am

Happened to us

Sitting in the living room, we heard a loud thud. There it was on the window, a perfect image of a crow with its wings outstretched. Fortunately the poor thing was only concussed. The image left behind was dust and from the bird on impact. Interesting.

By AlUCard on 2 March, 2010, 5:45pm

Happened to us

Sitting in the living room, we heard a loud thud. There it was on the window, a perfect image of a crow with its wings outstretched. Fortunately the poor thing was only concussed. The image left behind was dust and from the bird on impact. Interesting.

By AlUCard on 2 March, 2010, 5:47pm