Urgent to birders

[wrenb]

I hope that springbok1 and other wildlife-savvy friends can help. We've got a finch or chickadee (some very small bird) in the basement. It's driving one of the cat's crazy. Smart bird is in the rafters, which is 6" too high for DH or I to reach. We thought we'd pop a tea towel over the bird and take it outside, but we can't reach. And the bird (smart little bugger) keeps flying away. There are no windows that open in the basement. So I can't just open a window.

I give it until 6pm and then I'm calling animal control.

Ideas?

Comments

[wrenb.livejournal.com]

Good idea on limiting the bird's range! We'll try that once everyone's home (a little later this evening). Since all the advice on the internet says to go with the tea towel, it seems silly to call animal control. If it was a bat, I'd call them. But this is a little songbird.

I'll let you know how it turns out!