Another Bird in the House!

Marsha2003 · ‎03-12-2010

I opened the front door last night to pick up a package and a bird flew in. Why, oh why, do they do that? I had to stop opening the breakfast room windows because I had three different incidents of birds flying into the room. I left the kitchen door open for a little while this morning, but I don't know if the bird figured out how to leave.

I have a large skylight in my kitchen and the birdbrains seem to think that's the way out. Makes me crazy!

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

@Marsha2003 Was it a turkey?

Laura loves cats!

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

I've never had that happen. I would never leave windows open that didn't have screens though. No telling what would come in.

The Bluebird Carries The Sky On His Back"
-Henry David Thoreau

StylishLady · ‎03-11-2010

Oh my. Never had that happen, even when I leave the lanai screen door open for a while when I need to, a small lizard or a bug might get in. Once one of the cats we used to have captured a small bird and brought it into the lanai. It was OK and I got it out.

MarkeieMark · ‎06-24-2012

I swear I thoght you were going to say a Turkey.

My mother would go crazy if a fly came in, and I'm about like her now.

How late was it? I can't believe they just fly right in. Thank gosh it's not a bat.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

We had a bird in our house last year. It got in through the chimney and ended up in our woodburning stove. I couldn't leave it there because it would have died and I would have been too upset. We tried getting it to go back up the chimney but had no luck.

We tried opening the door to the woodburner and holding a bag over the door for it to fly into but it wouldn't do that either. I told DH just let it fly into the house. It flew out of the woodburner and landed on a ceiling fan in the kitchen. I opened the sliding patio door and once I did that, it flew right out. Thankfully.

x Hedge · ‎08-18-2016

I had a bird fly in when I opened the front door one night. Had to darken the house and rig a floodlight outside the front door to get bird out. Next day I saw a small nest had been built in/on (?) the porch light fixture above the door. Must've startled the birds when I abruptly threw open the door the previous night.

Although we usually used the back door, we made a point of going in and out the front door dozens of times during the day in the following day or two. The birds did not like all that traffic and they abandon the nest above the door.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Old wives tale says if a bird flies into your house,someone is going to die.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Perkup · ‎03-09-2010

I've had critters come in for a visit many times, but for the past three years we've been tormented by a cute little house wren. She feels strongly that this is her home and would really like it if we moved out. Any time I have a wreath or decoration on the front door she nests in it and creates a problem - open the front door and in she comes. Getting her out requires rocket science. This has gone on for years.

First time was at Christmas. A grandson was here, and he came flying in to tell me she was in our Christsmas tree. I told him it was just a Christmas ornament. No, Nan he said - it's a really bird. I had a really pretty Mardi Gras wreath with masks, etc. She has hollowed out the eyes on the masks so she can crawl through.Still use it, but it's not so pretty anymore.

Summer of 2015 she built a nest in something under my car. I couldn't drive it for weeks until one morning I went out into the garage and saw four little house wrens hopping around. Thank goodness we had a secnd car. Now we kssp the garage doors down.

Years ago when we lived in Atlanta, we had owls in our house three times. They came down the chimney, as did the two flying squirrels who did some major damage to drapes and upholstered furniture. DH got up one Saturday morning and really fussed at me for buying the stuffed owl on the piano. It wasn't stuffed!!

Why me???