We have had some excitement at Rocaro Alpacas.
During a quiet moment, and there are few here in the spring, our Wwoofer Els and I noticed a scratching noise coming from the overn chamber of our wood fired cook stove.
The first assumption was that a squirrel had found its way into the stove and we had great discussions on the demise of the squirrel as we didn't want to run the chance of it escaping into the house.
We left the problem until the next morning, hoping the situation would resolve itself.
The next morning it became evident that the visitor was not a squirrel but a bird. We discussed our options to remove the bird and settled on using the live trap we have on hand. We arranged the trap tight to the stove and opened the door. Nothing.
We decided some bread would be an enticement for the bird and stuffed a crust into the trap. We waited...and waited....and finally the bird headed towards the bread. We quickly shut the door to the trap and scuttled the whole thing out to the woods.
The bird was grateful for his new freedom and we were glad we were not having Starling for dinner.
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