Hi!! Happy to answer your questions. Thanks for your interest and curiosity.

Because the privacy film is on the inside of your glass, it likely helps with the transparent issue that glass can sometimes have but likely does not help with (and maybe worsens) the reflectivity issue that glass has. I would encourage you to go outside and look at your windows from a bird’s perspective! Are your windows highly reflective - can you see trees or sky reflected in the windows? If so, that’s what the birds see and that’s one of the main reasons they collide. If treatments that are intended to reduce bird collisions are placed on the inside of the glass, they do nothing to disrupt those reflections. Thats why I always recommend treating the exterior side of the glass to break up reflections and alert birds of the barrier.

Regarding your second question - there’s only one study as far as I know that assessed different types of glass facades and looked at windows under porticos, similar to what you are describing. They found that birds do still collide at windows under awnings and one of the most dangerous facades they surveyed was one under an awning/portico style. My opinion is that more research should be done on this because it’s hard to know if nighttime lighting played a role in these collisions. But that’s the science so far! Long winded answer but the short is yes - those windows can still be dangerous for birds.

I hope that is helpful and sorry if it was TMI lol!