# There's a bird in the bedroom **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908 "2005-02-19T17:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/1 "2005-02-19T17:30:12Z")
It flew in through an open window. Just sparrow-sized, not a big crow or anything like that. Is there some way to coax this thing to leave (loud heavy metal music?)? Or should I just let it get tired of the mess in there and let it leave on its own? ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/2 "2005-02-19T17:38:46Z")
Oh, you might just leave the window open and wait for it to find its way out, but I’ve always caught them when they come in the office. They get confused pretty easily with the other windows, and it’s not too hard to corner them and take them outside. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/3 "2005-02-19T18:17:37Z")
You can toss a tea towel over it, carefully scoop it up in the tea towel and take it outside. That was the method for catching our extremely hostile female Bourque’s Parakeet. (She bit. Panicked, but was also just a general biter.) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/4 "2005-02-19T18:26:18Z")
Oh yeah, well I’ve got a girl in my soup! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/5 "2005-02-19T18:27:01Z")
It helps to make sure all the lights in the room are off. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/6 "2005-02-26T04:44:51Z")
So what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/7 "2005-02-26T05:06:26Z")
The bird found its way out the window on its own. But thanks for the advice, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/8 "2005-02-26T15:34:10Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > It helps to make sure all the lights in the room are off. And cover any mirrors. Should it happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bird-in-the-bedroom/290908/9 "2005-02-26T21:59:59Z")
Was it a blue canary? In the outlet by the lightswitch? 😃 (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)