Birds made a nest in my dryer vent!! I'm afraid I'm hurting them when I dry clothes

[anneboleyn]

Just for future reference, it is illegal to do what your hubby did. You cannot mess with nests of native birds, in the US. I am facing this same problem currently, and it stinks buying a new vent hose, but we just disconnected the old one and left it outside and hooked up the new one....

That post was from almost 12 years ago so I imagine they have figured out a way to stop the birds from nesting in there by now

 

[Allison]

Just for future reference, it is illegal to do what your hubby did. You cannot mess with nests of native birds, in the US. I am facing this same problem currently, and it stinks buying a new vent hose, but we just disconnected the old one and left it outside and hooked up the new one....

This was 12 years ago.

 

[Ariana O Rollins]

This was 12 years ago.

Lol. I didn't even see the date, just stumbled on it when I googled on what to do with a nest in the dryer vent.... So clearly it is still being viewed it's not clearly a well known fact, since no one mentioned it.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Never mind. Saw the date.

 

[Kitty 34]

Lol. I didn't even see the date, just stumbled on it when I googled on what to do with a nest in the dryer vent.... So clearly it is still being viewed it's not clearly a well known fact, since no one mentioned it.

It's being viewed because you bumped it to the front page of the Community Board by your post. Who knows where it really was in order of pages!!

 

[Julie's Haircut]

We had some starlings (not the nicest birds) crawl into our vent where the exhaust fan is for over the stove. I all of the sudden noticed a lot of chirping noises and flapping sounds. Then from all of their jumping around little bits of dirt were falling through my screen over top of the stove. I called a "critter ridder" guy and he came to have a look. They weren't in there, but they had preparing a nest apparently. He cleaned it out and then put chicken wire over it (because the original vents weren't installed properly to stop the vent from opening for animals) ... anyways, no problems since. But I can see my neighbours kitchen vent (she passed away almost two years ago and he house hasn't sold yet), but there is bird poop under that vent, so I am assuming that they have taken up residence there too. Yikes!!

Good luck ...
KErri

I know this is an old thread.

My mother also had a bird nesting in the exhaust fan area above her stove. The stove was a good ten feet away from the exterior wall and vent. Eggs hatched and you could hear little baby birdies chirping whenever the mama returned to the nest. I don't recall any bird droppings, but it did stink a bit. She had to wait a month or so until the babies grew up and flew away.

I suppose she hired someone to remove the nest and install a new range hood and a wire guard over the outside vent.

 

[Jeremiahwallace1]

I like that this thread is still alive and relevant... I have the same issue and yall bring up some things to think about!

One of the questions I didn't see addressed... I'm concerned that using the dryer on high, even once, will that harm the unhatched eggs? I love the benevolence and will gladly leave the birds alone until they mature but, that I ran the dryer more than once, am I facing the possibility that the eggs are dead and will simply rot?

I'm able to access the hose/wall connection and so I took a peak inside with a flashlight... big nest and 5 eggs about a foot deep inside the hose. I've disconnected the hose from the back of my dryer, condensed the portion I could, (so as to not to disturb the nest), attached a new hose and pulled it toward the front of the dryer. I have the free end covered with a nylon. It gets hot in the laundry room every time I do laundry and I have to empty the nylon after each use but it's working very well.