Nature fell down my chimney this evening

[rydra_wong]

and got stuck inside my un-used woodburning stove, looking pitifully at me through the glass front.

Photo taken after the door had been pried open, before the unexpected visitor was shoo-ed towards an open window.



Now trying to work out if it was a robin or something else.

Apologies for the poor quality of the photo, but, you know, I had a bird stuck in my stove.

Comments

[anke]

Kinda looks like a barn swallow to me. Poor fluffball XD

[chamaenerion]

Definitely a barn swallow. Although after a later commenter called it a Stovebird, I think I prefer that. :)

[veritas_poet]

Stovebird is perfect!

[rydra_wong]

It will now always be Stovebird to me!

[rydra_wong]

Thank you! I looked it up and yes, I saw the blue shine on its feathers when trying to get it out of the window. And its elongated tail feathers when it was sitting.

[kaberett]

Oh goodness, I should have posted the BAT here, shouldn't I. HELLO STOVEBIRD. I feel you are a relative.

[rydra_wong]

Oh goodness, I should have posted the BAT here, shouldn't I.

It's not too late to! That was such a great story. And there should definitely be a comm sub-category for "nature I did not get a chance to photograph because I was too busy trying to rescue it while it screamed at me."

[veritas_poet]

And there should definitely be a comm sub-category for "nature I did not get a chance to photograph because I was too busy trying to rescue it while it screamed at me."

Ha, ha! I agree!

[rydra_wong]

Also it will now always be Stovebird to me, so thank you.

[kaberett]

:D

[redsixwing]

Aw, poor beep! I'm glad you got it safely out. Falling down the chimney is hard on nature.

[rydra_wong]

My story has now been trumped by one of my neighbours, who, during a period of severe storms, had a little auk fall down his chimney.

[shirebound]

What an unexpected visitor! The same thing happened in my brother's house; they couldn't imagine what the noise was coming from the wood-burning stove.

[st_aurafina]

Poor stove bird! Must have been so confused!

[rydra_wong]

It was so confused! By the time I worked out where the mysterious flapping sound was coming from, it had stopped flapping and shifted to frozen terror instead. Once I finally got the stove open and tried it to shoo it out, it flew straight into the closed window next to the open one and panicked.

I cornered it and it ended up sitting on my finger, so I gently threw it out of the open window, and it flew off apparently unharmed.

[lavendertook]

Oh wow! Great job freeing stove bird!

[veritas_poet]

Aw, poor little thing! So glad it was off and you were able to get him out.

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, that birdy had an adventure alright. Glad it will fly another day.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh, hi, nature! :D