A few years ago, an apartment tenant in Ontario, Canada, was taking a shower when they heard a chirping noise echoing in the bathroom. At first, the tenant was confused about where the noise was coming from, but they quickly realized that there were baby birds trapped somewhere nearby.
Concerned about the birds, the tenant called Gates Wildlife Control, a humane wildlife removal service, to come help. Wildlife technician Cassandra Gates quickly arrived at the scene and figured out that there was a nest full of starlings living in a vent connected to the shower.
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“We hear the baby birds chirping right now in a vent that leads to their bathroom,” Gates said in a video for The Dodo. “They’re chirping out for Mom.”
The vent’s covering had slowly disintegrated over the years, allowing the mama bird to build her nest deep inside. Starlings are cavity nesters, which means they like raising their babies in nooks and crannies as opposed to on tree branches.
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As Gates started working on coming up with a safe way to relocate the birds, the mama bird stayed close by. She circled around, stopping by the vent regularly to feed her babies worms.
Gates gently pulled the nest closer to the vent’s opening, then started carefully removing the babies one by one. The starlings were not too happy about being taken out of their warm nest and all chirped indignantly in protest.
“They’re funny-looking little babies,” Gates said on YouTube. “They look like they have bed head with the little fluff on their head.”
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Gates placed all the birds inside a plastic jug full of nesting materials. As soon as they were settled into their new home, the babies calmed down right away.
Gates cut out an opening on the side of the jug so the mom could have easy access to her babies. She then fastened the jug to the outside of the vent so that Mama wouldn’t have any trouble finding them.
After just a few weeks, the baby starlings had fledged and were ready to leave the nest. When Gates came back to check on them, the jug was empty.
Gates is happy that she got to help out the little bird family. Thanks to her, the baby starlings had a safe, warm place to grow up.
“[T]he baby birds have grown up and left the nest, and they’re off exploring with Mom,” Gates said.
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