Dozens of rainbow lorikeets have been flying into large glass windows at a Queensland university — some dying on impact — but a unique style of curtain has come to the rescue.

Key points: A PhD student was distressed at the number of dead and injured birds he saw that had flown into windows at the Queensland Brain Institute at UQ

A PhD student was distressed at the number of dead and injured birds he saw that had flown into windows at the Queensland Brain Institute at UQ A tweet, highlighting his concerns, was quickly answered by the university with a solution to install a rope curtain outside the windows

A tweet, highlighting his concerns, was quickly answered by the university with a solution to install a rope curtain outside the windows The idea came from the American Bird Conservancy and has already worked with birds avoiding the windows

PhD student Adam Hines was so distressed from seeing the birds dead at the entrance to the Queensland Brain Institute building at the University of Queensland (UQ) each day that he decided to take action.

Warning: Video in a tweet in this story may distress some readers.

"During this time of year, it becomes a daily problem," he told ABC Radio Brisbane's Rebecca Levingston.

"The number of birds varies day to day, but usually you will get four or five of them hit the window."

"There are some that make it and some that don't."

Mr Hines has been burying the birds that die in the nearby garden, and has been taking the birds that survive to a local vet.

"I posted a photo on Twitter a couple of days ago showing the birds on the ground as I needed to do something," he said.

A curtain with a difference

Both UQ and the Queensland Brain Institute contacted Mr Hines immediately after seeing the social media post.

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The solution was found in a 'zen curtain', a series of ropes — similar to parachute cord — that suspends from the top to the bottom of the building.

"It creates striation patterns across the window, which means the birds don't fly near it," Mr Hines said.

"It's a tested method that stops birds flying straight towards the window."

Attached over the glass in vertical rows, the curtain was the most non-destructive and quickest way the group could help the birds.

UQ's operations and workshop team installed the solution within in a day, sharing the news of the new curtain on Twitter:

Sadly, we've seen more incidents involving birds flying into windows. A Queensland Brain Institute group has been working on a tested solution recommended by the [American Bird Conservancy]. Materials arrived yesterday and are being installed.

The idea came from the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a not-for-profit group that actively works with architects and homeowners in the United States to come up with easy solutions to stop birds dying from hitting glass windows, walls, and other structures.

The group also links people to tutorials to show homeowners how to create and build their own structures to deter birds safely, as well as direct people to where they can find help installing them.

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Other suggested options were decals, film, and other patterns to be placed on the windows, many of which were invisible to humans but that birds could see.

Mr Hines said the newly installed curtain had already saved his feathered friends.

"I got a report from my supervisor that he has already seen a bird do a complete U-turn away from the window," he said.

"It's already working."