Uninvited Visitor (10/1)

The other day when I got home from work my wife yelled downstairs to me that we had a bird in the house. Apparently the little guy got into the house through some open window and couldn't get out. We searched the house but couldn't find him so I just figured that he found his way out.

Later that night as I was folding the laundry I looked down on the bed and there was a Carolina Wren staring back up at me. I thought that he may be hurt so I figured that it would be easy to catch him. I snuck out of the room and returned with a pillow case. Like my hunter ancestors, I through this onto him but surprisingly he quickly flew off.

The rest of the evening was spent chasing him from room to room. I opened all of the windows but do as I may, I couldn't entice him to fly out. Eventually I forced him into one of our guest rooms and shut the door. I thought that with fewer options he would eventually see the open window and get out. But Shannon, Chris, and I couldn't get this to happen. So, after about 30 minutes we just shut the door and left him overnight. the next morning he was gone.