Double the Fun

So you may be asking yourself what do these two things have in common. I would be asking the same thing if it weren't for the fact that I have experienced this twice in one month. For reasons unknown birds seem to find our chimney a magical place, that is until they actually end up at the bottom of it. Then they just flutter around trying to get out and occasionally smack themselves right into the glass. The fireplace isn't really all that big to be fluttering around, but they think it will make a big difference.

The first time this happened I was watching TV and I hear this noise coming from the fireplace. I go to check it out and just as I am intently searching for the noise that is coming from the fireplace the bird comes out of the darkness right into the glass. Good thing the glass was closed otherwise he would have hit me in the face. It was almost like I had something to do with his being trapped in my fireplace. Sure I could open the glass and let him fly out, but whose to say he would actually go outside and the last thing I want to do is clean up bird poop inside my house. I immediately call Jon and tell him that there is a bird in the fireplace and he will need to get it out when he gets home. Now I can kill spiders and other insects that have invaded my home, but I draw the line at catching birds from fireplaces it may have something to do with the movie "The Birds". Needless to say Jon and his brother get the bird out and all is well at our house. At least it was for three weeks.

This morning I go down to watch the news while I eat breakfast and right when I turn the TV on there is a story about birds in San Francisco attacking pedestrians. Right at that moment I hear it. The sound of wings flapping. There it was again. Another bird caught in our fireplace. We must have one great chimney to make the birds want to check out the deep dark hole. Either that or the birds around us can't make a smooth landing and end up falling in. Either way we need to put a mesh over the opening of chimney. These birds are freaking me out. I made Jon promise that he would get the bird out before he left for work this morning. So hopefully when I get home there will be no birds in my fireplace.