Poor little fella fell down my chimney

PaulStat · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:02

Just had this little chap come down the chimney, any idea what bird it is? He won't fly away! I've put him in a cardboard box for the moment out of the way of cats, I have a feeling he's a juvenile. Not sure what to do

spudbynight · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:03

Drown in brandy, roast in the oven and then consume under a napkin.

bobbyspangles · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:05

It's a Swift. There wings are too long for them to take off from the ground so if he's OK and capable of flying then you might need let him fall from your hands.

mattyfez · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:09

Curry jokes aside, that sounds like a good idea, maybe put him on a branch or something and see what he does.

spudbynight · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:12

mattyfez said:
Curry jokes aside, that sounds like a good idea, maybe put him on a branch or something and see what he does.

It was a reference to this delicacy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562561/Frances-songbird-delicacy-is-outlawed.html

*Moangroan* · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:17

I agree a swift.... the head gives it away .....almost bird of prey head similarities

PaulStat · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:44

bobbyspangles said:
It's a Swift. There wings are too long for them to take off from the ground so if he's OK and capable of flying then you might need let him fall from your hands.

Cookie goes to this man, wouldn't fly from my hand but I placed him on top of my wood shed, made his own way a few minutes later

Spook187 · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:45

Cosimo · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:48

PaulStat said:
Cookie goes to this man, wouldn't fly from my hand but I placed him on top of my wood shed, made his own way a few minutes later

A great result.

mattyfez · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:06

Must admit I thought it was a baby eagle or something at first glance.. Result!

Hyburnate · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:08

Cute

Awesome result.

One · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:13

Swifts are awesome. They fly all the way from africa without landing and fly for like 200 days without landing in any nest while they're in Africa. It's mental.

StoutMeister · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:13

spudbynight said:
Drown in brandy, roast in the oven and then consume under a napkin.

Quaffed with lots of wine.

SickAsAParrot · 9 Jul 2014 at 22:42

It's a *****hawk.

Judgeneo · 9 Jul 2014 at 22:47

Looks like a queen wasp to me.

Squark · 9 Jul 2014 at 22:58

Good to hear the little thing made it's way along.

[TW]Sponge · 9 Jul 2014 at 23:00

Good result

Iamzod · 9 Jul 2014 at 23:01

We had the same last month with a larger bird behind the gas fire so I phoned a gas safe registered guy to come out at 6:30 the following day to free it as I could hear it squawking.

When I got home at half 5 I opened the door to find the bird dead in the hallway. In the living room I found the gas fire hanging off the wall by the gas pipe and a rather sheepish looking dog sat at the other end of the room waiting to be told off.

dirtychinchilla · 9 Jul 2014 at 23:02

He's so cute!!

Will Gill · 9 Jul 2014 at 23:22

Glad to hear he was OK, they are lovely birds