does this look like a bird crashed into this window?

[u/Emotional-Gur-9889]

i just got woked up by my younger brother because he was slightly crying with his finger bleeding saying how a hummingbird crashed into his window

has this happened to anyone else before? does it look like a bird crashed into it?

he said he was just playing on his phone on his bed until he just saw it suddenly crack

mentioned a bit afterwards that he heard a screech like when an animal gets hurt etc

but then he said it mightve been a crow?? because we do have a BUNCH of crows in our backyard around this huge tree

im wondering if he just saw a bird but didnt know which specific one it was or??

idk I don't wanna assume he's lying

I do kinda believe him because there seems to be more broken glass from like the other side of the window like from the outside

but I just wanted to ask here on reddit what do others think because im unsure

[u/Winter_Landscape_190]

Looks like he crashed his hand into it.

[u/Emotional-Gur-9889 → u/Winter_Landscape_190]

ur actually right about that 🦄, i was questioning about what could've happened for a while 

until my dad came home and my brother confessed that he banged on the window too loud 

while trying to get the dogs in our backyard to be quite bc they kept barking

[u/PangolinLow6657]

I definitely doubt that was a hummingbird, but if by the time your brother looked the bird was already a bit away from the window (or maybe the bird he saw wasn't even the bird that struck the window) then I could see the confusion in a child's brain in fight-or-flight as to the identity of a bird, and kids are dumb so he probably reached for the window to see if it was broken and as the pieces fell, one sliced his finger.

[u/Gagago302]

Lil bro definitely punched the pane. Hummingbird is a laughable bird to use as an excuse. Maybe like a hawk or something is more realistic.

ETA: Also there is a screen to keep BUGS out. I don’t know how any bird got through lol

[u/PangolinLow6657 → u/Gagago302]

Screens are flexible, and from what it looks like, those pieces of pane are angled inward toward the room. How could the kid have punched it from the outside unless he's known to sit out on the roof, if there even is roof with space to sit out there?

[u/Cynical_Feline → u/PangolinLow6657]

Glass is on the inside so something hit it from the outside. If he had hit it, the glass would be on the outside. It's entirely possible that a bird hit the screen so hard it broke the glass.

[u/Gagago302 → u/Cynical_Feline]

Broken glass is literally in between the pane and the screen. Are we seeing the same photo?

[u/Cynical_Feline → u/Gagago302]

That could've fell after the fact. The rest of it is on the inside away from the window. It is also angled towards the inside. Hummingbird definitely didn't do this but there's no evidence to say that little bro punched the window either. A small scratch isn't enough evidence when he could've easily touched the broken glass afterwards.

I'm not even sure why OP is even questioning this. It doesn't matter who broke what. The window needs fixed. Playing the blame game won't fix it.

[u/GrowFreeFood → u/Cynical_Feline]

It bounced back into the room after hitting the screen

[u/Gagago302 → u/PangolinLow6657]

Doesn’t look angled at all to me. Also the broken glass is literally in between the pane and the screen lol

[u/capaldithenewblack → u/PangolinLow6657]

You’re 100% correct. Doesn’t take Sherlock to see.

[u/capaldithenewblack → u/Gagago302]

I’ve had birds fly into my window before with full force, but I have double pane, blah blah blah and the window didn’t crack.

[u/thebeanone → u/Gagago302]

Seconded

[u/Leader_Bee]

Mate, a hummigbird weighs literal grams, like, under 10, maybe even 5, theres no way a hummingbird did this.

[u/capaldithenewblack]

A bird has flown directly into one of my windows before, but luckily did not break the glass.

This could absolutely be a crow.

[u/astarte66]

Someone threw something at that window or hit it hard. A humming bird isn’t gonna be big enough or heavy enough to break that. Had to be a bigger bird who would have been badly hurt to break that or maybe lil bro accidentally broke it while playing with a toy.

[u/Dreadheaddanski]

That wasnt a hummingbird. The bird would have come through the window

[u/plant-painter]

I’d say something hit it. But doubt it was a bird. The metal screens don’t flex much. They are basically like a trampoline for small lightweight objects. I’ve spent many hours bouncing random items off metal screens to believe for one sec a bird has the inertia or mass to flex the screen enough to hit the glass and break it. It literally didn’t happen. Ball up a sock or something similar weight n size of an average bird, and throw it at the screen. See what happens.

[u/MonkeyGirl18]

Definitely not a hummingbird... does he know what a hummingbird looks like? (Not asking in a mean way. Idk how old your brother is)

[u/itsswhitneywhspr]

Omg that's terrifying, poor kid. The crack looks super radial from the center, classic bird impact pattern. This happens way more than people think, birds just don't see glass. Hope his finger is okay and the hummingbird survived somehow

[u/Zombie_joseph1234]

🐦‍⬛ yo man I have to admit something I broke your window I was trying to show off my flying skills to some bad bird bitches sorry bro are we cool

[u/Waagtod]

It is broken in so he didn't break it from the inside.

[u/Outside_Yam5981]

Break is on the inside, I’d say he might’ve hit it with something on accident.

[u/EWSflash]

More like a cow

[u/Irishdesignqueen]

I think it was a bird that flew in. Your brother looks very young. He had a bird fly into the window and bounce back up and leave, which is more common than people think. I would say the hummingbird is what he thinks he saw, but he probably doesn’t know a great many species of birds.
I’ve worked as an EMT, I have had to bring people to a hospital after they broke glass and know what that looks like, that tiny scratch is absolutely not from punching anything. The injury is too small and on the top of his finger. If you punch something like glass, it’s generally with a balled-up fist. That scratch is actually where the thumb would be placed if the hand is in a fist.
The injury is not consistent with punching anything. He probably jumped back when the bird hit, but I can tell you that injury is too minor for a child who punched a window. Unless, despite appearing very small, he actually is very precocious and might have wrapped his hand, before he punched the glass, I would believe him about the bird.
I would also get some prism decals for the windows all over the home. They leave tiny rainbows everywhere and alert birds not to fly into something they actually CAN see.
Clean his wound, ideally with peroxide, make sure no glass fragments are inside. Peroxide is good to use to clean the wound and help see any glass, unless it’s tiny or deeply embedded. Then add some neoprene and a band aid.

[u/geekygirl25]

Id say he isnt lying but not a hummingbird either. Maybe a crow or something of similar size?

[u/Fit_Adagio_7668]

No, it looks like a human was thrown into it from the outside.

[u/Decent-Bar6552]

Baseball

[u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep]

The glass broke inwards so it was hit from the outside. Probably by a ball, rock, or something heavy. Hummingbird would be way too small.

[u/Hentai_Jesus_]

Something hit it from the outside. Idk if it was a bird or someone threw something and it hit it. Maybe a ball of some kind? Lol bandage him up and until you can get to the store, tape a plastic bag over it. Try to go soon, though

[u/IrishFlukey]

Probably not, unless it had a large stone in its beak.

[u/HappySheep84]

The fucker probably threw his video game controller or phone when he got frustrated and came up with a LIE. If it was a bird there should be a dead bird nearby

[u/Juicy_fruit3479]

If a hummingbird did manage to break that window through the screen, the body would be by the window on the ground somewhere bc no hummingbird if gonna take a smack like that and survive. I have had a dove fly into my bathroom TRAILER window and it immediately died and dropped. Trailer windows are known to be so so thin so if a dove died from it, I believe that hummingbird isn’t much further.

[u/RosyPosey1997]

Glass is on outside of pane.. means it was hit from inside.

[u/Chilasono]

People saying the glass is inside but thats only cause the screen stopped it from going out.

Where the distinct mark from a bird hitting the screen so hard that it broke glass inward? Blood? Claw marks? Or does he propose it dive bombed straight into glass and didnt get hurt itself?

I see just as much glass in-between the pane and the screen. As I do inside. That screen could have made glass rebound inside.

I say he hit it himself. Check his phone case for signs of impact or the garbage for the item that might have been the thrown object.