I knew something was wrong when I took a look at the stove tonight. White streakes all over the glass. I opened the door to find 6 Blue Birds. Sadly non were moving. As i was taking them out, one moved. I took him out to the deck and in few minutes he was gone. They could have been in there 4 days. This is the second time in 12 years we have had birds in the stove. Last time it was a blue bird as well. We have feaders out back, so we have a lot of birds. Rarely see the blue birds but this is the only one that wants to go in the chimney. Yes I did remove the cap screen years ago. Just couldn't keep it clean. I'm going to find some larger hole screen to try to stop the birds.
Tom
Tom