Another one bites the dust

Apparently, our bay window overlooking our backyard has the same properties as my parents' picture windows on their house: it is a magnet for birds to fly into head-on, not realizing there's a hard immovable object there at all. 

So more than once, we have heard a very loud THUNK and in most cases, we don't see the bird when we go to investigate.  In fact, one time, Steve did find the bird, face down in the pacasandra, but alive.  So he picked up the little critter, and put it somewhere where it could recover and fly away at its leisure but also safe from neighbor's outdoor cats.  No easy snacks for you!

But this time, the thunk captured a victim.

Cardinal

A closer look... you an even see the ice/snow on it!

Luckily, DJ didn't notice it while looking out the window, so we avoided some trauma there.  But man... we have a deadly window!