In the last couple of days. we've also had a bird fly into the house by mistake, when the french window has been open. The first time the birdie flew into the living room, landed on the living room window ledge, and I opened the window and it flew out. Today, the bird landed on top of the kitchen cupboards. Then it flew across the kitchen, and landed on top of the cupboards on the other side.
Wash, our ginger cat, sat in the middle of the floor to watch the show.
I decided to go and do something else, in the hope that the bird would fly out of the kitchen. I came back some minutes later, and the bird flew across the kitchen, covered in....fluff. The cupboards on that side of the kitchen reach almost to the ceiling. Not enough of a gap to get my arm in to clean, but a big enough gap (obviously) for all sorts of old spider webs, dust and fluff to settle. Until a little birdy comes along and fluffs it all up.
The poor bird had trouble flying, it was so weighted down by the fluff it had picked up. I considered trying to help, but every time I went towards it, it flew away.
I opened both french windows, put a coat on (it's bloody bold with the doors open) and left the room.
Later, I couldn't hear any more fluttering and I assumed that the bird had found it's way out.
I was wrong.
It flew in front of me in the living room, and landed on the curtain rail. Then the curtain rail at the opposite end of the room. Then it hit the window. Then it started to try and get out of the window, but just keep hitting it.
By this time, I'd reached the window, and managed to get the key and unlocked it. I then had to scoosh the poor little thing out, trying not to give it a heart attack. It fell out of the window, just as Wash jumped up on the window sill to "help".
It's been sitting in the shrub for some time now. I'm assuming it's a bit disorientated, but I guess it's best left to sort things out itself. It seems to have managed to remove the great clog of detritus, so I guess that's something.
