Avian Invasion: Flock of Birds Intrudes a California Home, Disturb Residents

After a flock of birds became unwelcomed guests in a home in the state of California, the Montecito Fire Protection District contacted the home immediately as around 1,000 small birds were trapped in there.

A home in the Santa Barbara County community of Montecito Sunday night received a call from the firefighters when they found about a thousand small birds trapped in their chimney.

According to ABC7, the firefighters and county animal service workers identified the birds as swifts. They hoped that the birds would fly out on their own overnight.

However, when authorities returned Monday morning to check, they were shocked that the birds were still trapped by the screen at the base of the fireplace.

To free the birds, animal service workers designed a chute system that funneled the birds out of the fireplace and through the back door of their home.

Wild Invasion

Wild footage like in the horrifying scene of the thriller movie "The Birds" shocked a family in California after their own chimney was invaded by more than 800 migrating birds that refused to leave their home, New York Post reported.

The family from the city Torrance, who had just returned from dinner on April 21, discovered that their house was under a full-blown avian invasion.

The homeowner, identified as Kerri, shared that they lost their count after 800. She added that if people do not see these with their own eyes, they would never believe what happened in their house.

Before swarming inside and wreaking havoc, surveillance camera footage shows that the birds created a massive flock circling above Kerri's chimney.

In addition, the station reported that the ballsy bird brains crashed into windows, which covered the place with droppings and perched like bats on the ceiling to sleep. Officials from the county animal control instructed the family to get rid of them by leaving doors open. But the winged invaders refused to get lost.

During the second night, Kerri shared that she actually woke up to birds flapping in her room, which prompted her to cover her head and start screaming. She also added that they cannot walk in every spot from their living room, kitchen, and even in their hallway without stepping on the droppings of the intruders.

Furthermore, the invasion forced Kerri and her family to stay overnight at a hotel while her relative, Patrick Belleville, tried to get rid of the birds. He stated that they acted like they wanted to get out but not going anywhere.

Belleville also added that they were flying around everywhere, even reaching the bathroom. He mentioned that the birds were beaming off of his head.

While the station aired the footage on Tuesday, the family was still trying to get rid of the flock. The number is still disturbing despite Belleville catching some of them, which he placed in a cardboard box and released them outside, UNILAD reported.