[Tweeters] Unsuspected bird hazard

[Robert O'Brien]

Once more upmanship. Ha!  One spring we heard a commotion in our upright
wood stove.  It had an L-shaped chimney. Straight up from the stove
and then 90 degrees to the outside.  We opened the door to see what was the
matter and (no, not Santa) out flew a female Wood Duck.
Vaux Swifts down the fireplace chimney are annual events, including once a
Chimney Swift (entirely more appropriate), 2nd Oregon record.

Bob OBrien  Portland


On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 1:56 PM HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:


> For years we had wood stoves.  Have removed dead Vaux' Swift and live

> Starlings and Western Bluebirds.  The bluebirds were young off the year and

> very black until the soot rubbed off.

>

>

> Hal Michael

> Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)

> Olympia WA

> 360-459-4005

> 360-791-7702 (C)

> ucd880 at comcast.net

>

> > On 10/05/2022 12:24 PM Helen Gilbert <helen.gilbert.2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >

> > Hello Tweets,

> >

> > On a recent cold night, we decided it was time for a little heat boost

> > from the furnace. Wouldn't you know, the fan blew but no heat came out!

> > After a week of negotiations about warranty coverage for the 9-year-old

> > furnace, the repairman installed the replacement inducer motor today.

> > Many exclamations of amazement emerged from the basement after he

> > extracted the broken part.

> >

> > The culprit was a chickadee that flew in the intake or exhaust pipe

> > outside the house, couldn't get out, and jammed the motor so it burned

> > out. A never-before-seen occurrence to the veteran repairman. Poor

> > little guy.

> >

> > To prevent future kamikaze visits to the furnace, the repairman

> > recommends wrapping the mouths of the furnace vent pipes with wire mesh

> > or bird netting. Who knew?!

> >

> > Helen Gilbert

> > NE Seattle

> >

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