The Birds

And now, for my neighbor across the street story......

I am sitting out front....Lori Lou chilling.......

The man neighbor is on his roof....along with what I would guess is his teenager son......their house is one of those older style two stories.....with a roof, and then a 6 foot section to the next part of the roof. Stair step, so to speak.

They are looking all around the edges....I try to keep myself out of their business....but alas.....no such luck! I ask, are you looking for the cat that hangs out on the corner of your house?? It comes and goes all the time. He responds with, yes, we have seen it.....no, we are looking for the birds in our chimney.

Hummmm, I think to myself. No chimney on this side of the house....so why are they looking?? Next thing I know....another tall teen or 20-ish guy joins them. And....ta da! They now have a step ladder. Yes, a step ladder.

The guy sets up the ladder, which of course leans out the wrong way....he messes with it this way, and that way.....eventually, the two younger guys brace each side with their feet and hold it tight against the house and up the man goes.

During all of this.....I am watching the birds come and go out the side of their house, up by the eaves......they have a huge vent....probably 3x3 foot. With nesting material hanging out. But, still, I keep my mouth shut.

The wife comes out....okay, I give in....I will go talk to the woman......she tells me the birds are driving her crazy....the sound coming out of the chimney.....I nicely tell her, it is probably not the chimeny....it is the vent on the side of the house.....she walks over and basily goes AH HA!

About this time, the man comes back across the top of the house and says, there are no birds in the chimney. (no duh...hehe) The wife explains about the end of the house......I welcome her to the neighborhood.....and the man looks off the top level to the second level and the ladder....then says, I hope you have 911 on speed dial. Me? I promptly respond with.....sure....but I will have to post the video on YouTube first, you know. We all start laughing.....

I head back to my side of the street.....and he makes it back down the same way he made it up......there are a few people watching now.....and we all cheer for him. It was just some neighborhood fun for the night.

Just for the record......they eventually realized they had an attic, how to get in it.....and chased the birds all out......then fixed the wire over the vent.