Bird in a Chimney

The following is one, in a series, of funny/unique events in my day as a pest control technician for LIND PEST CONTROL

Bird in a Chimney

I went out to a house that was hearing some sounds in their chimney.  When I arrived, I assessed the situation and heard the noise.  I saw they had an enclosed wood burning stove in the fireplace opening. I opened the glass doors to get to the damper.   I opened the damper and looked up the chimney to discover a bird was in the flue area.  It had flown in and fallen down and could not get out.  I closed the glass doors and it eventually crawled down, towards the light, in the fireplace, once the damper was open.  After a while of careful thought and playing through different scenarios in my mind, I instructed the homeowners to open up all the doors and close all the window curtains and each of us grabbed a broom, mop, or whatever else was handy.   I proposed a plan that we were going to open the glass doors and coax it out towards the door.  We all agreed that this was the best plan of action.  On the count of three I opened the doors and the bird flew straight towards the front door and flew out!!!  We couldn’t have asked for it to turn out any better.

The funny thing is that the homeowners had pondered and worried about this situation for hours and hours, they waited for LIND PEST CONTROL to come out to their home (same day service), and I had spent about an hour assessing the situation and coming up with a plan.  Once the plan was in place, it only took about 15 seconds and the whole thing was over!!!

We all had a good laugh and I advised them to contact a chimney contractor to install a chimney cap so it didn’t happen again.

In this case, a bird in the chimney was definitely not worth 2 in the bush!!!