Dumb Bird

Decided to get some sun and while walking under the deck i heard this ridiculous racket coming from one of the supports. It was like a flapping sound paired with clawing. Another animal has gotten itself stuck in one of the pillars. The last time this happened was about two years ago. i never found out what kind of animal that was and never managed to get it out. So there is probably a rotten animal body still in it...

i tried saving whatever it was by lowering down some straps thinking it was a bat or squirrel or something that had claws that could just climb out. Did not occur to me that it could have been a stupid bird and that straps would not have helped it at all.

This time around though, i was a little more determined about saving this trapped animal even it was a bird. Managed to take some horrible pictures but at least i could tell it was some pigeon looking thing. While looking down the post i got a lovely whiff of concentrated bird poop to my nostrils...so dis


i had no idea how i was going to get a bird out of the post. i thought about making some kind of contraption and lowering it down and hoping the bird would just magically have enough sense to hop on it and be pulled up. i tried thinking of something else but i couldn't. Asked my dad for ideas and he said just make a wooden cross piece and lower it down by string. Pretty much my idea i just really didn't think it would work.
Found some twine and lowered the cross piece i nailed together several times and all i managed to do was knock the bird in the head. The farthest i could pull the bird out when it did decided to sit on the cross piece i nailed together was about a foot but then it would just fall back down.
Pretty much gave up on the bird after 15 minutes. My dad went at it after i did. He messed around with a cage and other mods to the cross piece i made but soon gave up as well. Looks like the bird well have to starve a little longer.