For the past month or so, we've had some birds roosting in our chimney. We have totally enjoyed watching them get bigger and hearing them chirp for food when Mama comes with goodies for them. Mama bird and Daddy bird both roost there at night time, and during the day, they come back and forth, feeding babies and whatever business birds have to tend to. It's neat, you can hear Mama's wings flapping and then the chirp chirp chirp.
Last night we noticed that we were not hearing chirping. They leave the nest after 2 weeks, so we discussed that they must have headed on out. Well, this morning Sid tells me that she has baby birds in her birdhouse-- the cardboard one that she made. I go to look, and it's our chimney chicks!!!!! OMG I flipped out. Sid has been told numerous times not to touch birds, especially baby birds, and more especially THESE baby birds. I did not even allow her to look up the chimney at them because I didn't want her trying to mess with them. So here they are, all by themselves in this cardboard box. I burst into tears, as I like our birdies. Needless to say, Sid is in big trouble and did not get to see fireworks tonight.
We tried putting the box up in the chimney, but obviously we couldn't stick it to the side of the bricks. There is a shelf-like niche in there that we set it on, and we heard mama bird come. But she couldn't get to them because chimney birds can only roost/hang onto vertical surfaces, and where the shelf is there is sheet metal. Jaaxx went to the store and got a basket that was as close as possible to their nest. He attached it to a long piece of wood-- a piece of molding that used to be around our front door before remodeling. Then he put the babies in the nest and secured it in the fireplace so that they were in the right spot in the chimney. Then we crossed our fingers.
Soon we were hearing Mama bird visit the nest, the babies chirping, off and on, as if she were bringing them food like before. It appeared to be working! The big test was to see if Mama and Daddy birds roosted in there with them at night time, and they did!!
They are called Chimney Swifts, and they are actually an endangered species.
Last night we noticed that we were not hearing chirping. They leave the nest after 2 weeks, so we discussed that they must have headed on out. Well, this morning Sid tells me that she has baby birds in her birdhouse-- the cardboard one that she made. I go to look, and it's our chimney chicks!!!!! OMG I flipped out. Sid has been told numerous times not to touch birds, especially baby birds, and more especially THESE baby birds. I did not even allow her to look up the chimney at them because I didn't want her trying to mess with them. So here they are, all by themselves in this cardboard box. I burst into tears, as I like our birdies. Needless to say, Sid is in big trouble and did not get to see fireworks tonight.
We tried putting the box up in the chimney, but obviously we couldn't stick it to the side of the bricks. There is a shelf-like niche in there that we set it on, and we heard mama bird come. But she couldn't get to them because chimney birds can only roost/hang onto vertical surfaces, and where the shelf is there is sheet metal. Jaaxx went to the store and got a basket that was as close as possible to their nest. He attached it to a long piece of wood-- a piece of molding that used to be around our front door before remodeling. Then he put the babies in the nest and secured it in the fireplace so that they were in the right spot in the chimney. Then we crossed our fingers.
Soon we were hearing Mama bird visit the nest, the babies chirping, off and on, as if she were bringing them food like before. It appeared to be working! The big test was to see if Mama and Daddy birds roosted in there with them at night time, and they did!!
They are called Chimney Swifts, and they are actually an endangered species.
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