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ScotO
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Had to be rescued from the stove this morning. I stayed home from work today (under the weather), and wife dragged me out of bed this morning to the scratching sounds of a bird in the stovepipe.....
Turns out a starling thought it'd be a good spot for a nest.......but he was wrong. Normally, I'd close the stove down for the season, but with more cold weather on tap the next several days, I'll b building more fires, and cant close it yet. So for a temporary fix, I put the brush up the pipe (right to the cap), closed the clean-out up, and put a note in the firebox that says "TAKE BRUSH OUT!!"
![[Hearth.com] first bird of the season..... [Hearth.com] first bird of the season.....](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/99/99302-7c6f995462d5870ed34348145adf6485.jpg?hash=gVvuYLfNe9)
Turns out a starling thought it'd be a good spot for a nest.......but he was wrong. Normally, I'd close the stove down for the season, but with more cold weather on tap the next several days, I'll b building more fires, and cant close it yet. So for a temporary fix, I put the brush up the pipe (right to the cap), closed the clean-out up, and put a note in the firebox that says "TAKE BRUSH OUT!!"
![[Hearth.com] first bird of the season..... [Hearth.com] first bird of the season.....](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/99/99302-7c6f995462d5870ed34348145adf6485.jpg?hash=gVvuYLfNe9)