I'm not kidding when I tell you that we have birds in our chimney. Last Spring, we were greeted with their friendly arrival and it took us a while to realize that they were actually in our chimney. They weren't too bad and by the time we finally were able to take action against them they moved out.
Now, they're back. I think they've invited some distant relatives to also live in our chimney. They are keeping the dogs up, making it hard to hear the tv and aren't as funny as they were last year.
My idea is to smoke them out as I learned from google but the husband thinks they will fall into the house if we open the chimney. I'll keep you posted. If you have any advice please share.