Bird in the Fireplace

I hear tapping at a window. This is a new sound from an area in the house that should have no sounds. Behold, a bird looking at me through the ash covered glass door of the fireplace.

We went through this a few months ago with no incident as Kirk reached in and picked up the scared creature returning it to the great outdoors. (I should have cleaned the fireplace then).

This looks like the same bird but much more aggressive. It seems like an easy fix. Calling Kirk into the house to catch and release the bird. Oh no; this one gets away. After slamming its ash covered body against a few walls before beating itself against a few windows we opened the front and back door and it finally flew away.

Guess who is cleaning today? And the fireplace is now spotless.