[wisb] Bluebird traps
- From: "Larry Johnson" <lorilynnfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 23:29:47 -0500
The talk about tree tubes catching bluebirds reminded me of another sinister
trap. Last summer I bought a new house that came equipped with an outdoor
wood furnace. When I looked inside to check it out, I found 14 dead
bluebirds and 3 dead starlings. I used the furnace all winter but when the
warm weather of March came, I quit using it and went with the heat pump and
propane furnace back up. A day or two after I let the fire go out, I opened
the door to clean it out and three bluebirds flew out into my face. I now
leave the chimney clean out port open and have not found any more birds in
the furnace even though I check it quite often. I wonder if this happens
regularly with these outdoor furnaces. If so, are the manufacturers aware
of the problem? Is there a remedy for the situation? There are really a
lot of these furnaces in the rural areas in the Coulee Region. They seem to
be gaining in popularity throughout the wooded areas of this country. Maybe
mine is missing some sort of screen or something. Do the birds use other
chimneys also? I had a starling get into my cabin once and figured the only
way it could have gotten in was to come down the wood stove chimney. Lots
of questions-are there any answers?
Larry Johnson Ettrick, WI (Trempealeau County)
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