Pacific Northwest Gardening: Apropos of Nothing..., 1 by the1pony

the1pony wrote:
I stumbled out into the rec room this morning and found my cats staring at the woodstove. I thought nothing of it- my cats are weird.

Then I heard a noise. From inside the firebox.

The glass is very dark and hard to see through, but I peered in, and there was something moving in there...

I slowly opened the door just a crack, and out shot a soot-covered sparrow, who then proceeded to fly madly all around the rec room. Those big fake ceiling beams make great bird perches, by the way.

I grabbed Tracy's fishing net, and spent the next half hour chasing this danged bird around the room, tripping over apoplectic cats at every turn.

And I hadn't even had coffee yet.

Caught him, photographed him, and released him.

The cats are furious with me for not giving him to them.