Once more upmanship. Ha! One spring we heard a commotion in our upright
wood stove. It had an L-shaped chimney. Straight up from the stove
and then 90 degrees to the outside. We opened the door to see what was the
matter and (no, not Santa) out flew a female Wood Duck.
Vaux Swifts down the fireplace chimney are annual events, including once a
Chimney Swift (entirely more appropriate), 2nd Oregon record.
Bob OBrien Portland
On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 1:56 PM HAL MICHAEL <
ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:
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For years we had wood stoves. Have removed dead Vaux' Swift and live
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Starlings and Western Bluebirds. The bluebirds were young off the year and
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very black until the soot rubbed off.
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Hal Michael
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Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
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Olympia WA
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360-459-4005
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360-791-7702 (C)
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ucd880 at comcast.net
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> On 10/05/2022 12:24 PM Helen Gilbert <helen.gilbert.2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Tweets,
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> On a recent cold night, we decided it was time for a little heat boost
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> from the furnace. Wouldn't you know, the fan blew but no heat came out!
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> After a week of negotiations about warranty coverage for the 9-year-old
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> furnace, the repairman installed the replacement inducer motor today.
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> Many exclamations of amazement emerged from the basement after he
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> extracted the broken part.
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> The culprit was a chickadee that flew in the intake or exhaust pipe
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> outside the house, couldn't get out, and jammed the motor so it burned
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> out. A never-before-seen occurrence to the veteran repairman. Poor
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> little guy.
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> To prevent future kamikaze visits to the furnace, the repairman
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> recommends wrapping the mouths of the furnace vent pipes with wire mesh
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> or bird netting. Who knew?!
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> Helen Gilbert
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> NE Seattle
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