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California firefighters release 1,000 small birds that were trapped in chimney
By Alexi Chidbachian
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - It looked like a scene out of a horror movie. A thousand small birds were trapped in a chimney of a house in Santa Barbara County.
Firefighters were called to a home in Montecito Sunday night and found about 1,000 small birds trapped in the chimney, the fire department said in a social media post.
Firefighters and staff with the Santa Barbara County Animals Services worked together to safely free the birds. They had hoped for the birds to fly out of the flue on their own overnight, but when they returned in the morning the birds were still trapped at the base of the fireplace.
The hundreds of birds were finally freed from the fireplace.(Instagram) County Animal Services worked diligently throughout the day to design a chute system to funnel the birds out of the fireplace and release them through the home s back doors. We are grateful for the positive outcome to this unusual call and the opportunity to problem-solve with our partners at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.
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1,000 birds got stuck in a Calif. home s fireplace, and it s every bit as horrific as that sounds
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The fireplace at the Montecito home, after the removal of around 1,000 trapped birds.Montecito Fire
In a nightmarish scene that would make Hitchcock proud, upwards of one thousand birds got stuck in a fireplace in a Montecito, Calif., home last weekend. Every day is different in the fire service! the Montecito Fire Department said in a statement. Sunday night, your Montecito firefighters were called to a home where about 1,000 small birds had become trapped in the chimney.
A California family s home was overrun by more than 800 migrating birds in a scene similar to that of Alfred Hitchcock s movie The Birds.
Video footage shows the flock performing murmurations above the house before hundreds shoot down the chimney of the family s house in Torrance.
The birds, which appear to be swifts, can be seen flying inside the house, with scores lining the windows as they fluttered manically.
Home owner Kerri said she and her husband and child came home from dinner last Wednesday to find the birds flying all over their house.
Kerri, who did not provide her surname, told KLTA: It s so hard to explain. If you don t see it with your own eyes, you d never believe it.