Walking through the laundry room, I heard something scratching inside the furnace. Bindu heard it too. We went to investigate.

I determined the sound was coming from behind our 50-year-old gas furnace’s removable panel. I put my hand on the handle, and Bindu stationed herself at my feet to catch whatever might fall out and munch its head.

I pulled the panel off… and a bird flew out.

I have no idea how it got in there. Sometimes things come down the chimney and end up inside the wood stove, but how an entire adult bird came down the chimney and ended up inside the access panel of the damn gas furnace I will never understand.

After bonking into a few windows, the bird finally found the open door and flew out to blessed freedom, and probably a much-needed brunch of bugs.

I wonder if it will blog about the experience.
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