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Window cover that doesn’t block too much light?

Xoetix

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I have one particular window that I apparently need to cover because one particular bird (Kimchi :meh: ) has decided today suddenly, it’s obviously an open window. Just this afternoon. No idea why.

What can I use that won’t diffuse the sunlight too much? It’s one of the primary light windows in a house with not enough light.
 

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There are blinds you can get that you can see through.
 

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Idk if you can see this well or not :lol: but I have sheer curtains over my patio doors for this reason :)

Left side has the curtains, right side doesn't right now because Ripley was chewing them :meh:

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I tape streamers to my windows. It's cheap, I can see around them, and they're easy to adjust if need be. I leave gaps of 5-7" between (depending on the window.)
It cut my "window bumps" down by 100% (both by my indoor birds, and wild outdoor birds, with the exception of one particularly stupid outdoor bird who was thankfully fine and flew away.)
 

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I use this , they come in sheets or roll got on Amazon, window clings? Not sticky, can take in and off eazy breezy. To apply just mist window with water. It's like static cling or whatever magic ;)

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I used to use old school horizontal blinds for this reason. I would leave them open so the light could get in but it was apparent to the birds that they couldn’t fly through the little spaces.
 
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