For days, there’s been a sporadic noise coming from the wall of our living room. Craig and I deduced that something must’ve fallen down the chimney and, since that’s closed up, was trapped there.
It was breaking my heart to think of a living creature trapped and afraid in our chimney. So I took off the vent cover behind the TV, and, sure enough, there was a rectangular opening to the chimney. I left it open, and before long, a pigeon came out.
After much flapping & chasing on both our parts, it squeezed out of the top living room window and flew out across the green.
Thinking there was no solution, I’d been trying to rationalize leaving the bird be to die, but I’m glad I wasn’t able to do that.