Just to start, I've done the search on this forum and the closest thing I've found to help me out with this problem is the installation guide for the front under spoiler or the installation guide for the fog lamps.

I've got a dead chickadee stuck inside the front bumper. To be exact the head sticking out of the small hole underneath the bumper right in front of the driver-side wheel. I didn't even think that a bird would ever get stuck in the grill or front bumper of the TSX because of all the protective covers and stuff.

Do I really have to take apart the front bumper to get this bird out of there? Will removing the protective covers give me access behind the fog lamp?

Any help would be much appreciated because I don't feel like going to the dealership to get this bird removed, but I don't want to have to take half of the car apart to remove it.

Then I've got to be able to clean the area - it's been really hot lately and I don't want anything to be still in there...

 

If your resonator is still in, I suggest taking the bumper off. Otherwise, just let the maggots take care of it.

 

YOU MURDERER!

 

LMAO - My poor car!!! I probably already have maggets in there ! I'd get my husband to do it, but he's too busy. I can clean up alot of messes, but I'm having I hard time looking at this without gagging .

The bird is stuck in the hole right before the three little fins in the plastic cover.

 

Yup, the resonator is still there.

Any other suggestions besides removing the bumper??

 

I just went back in the garage and what about if I remove the clips from inside the wheel well. Would that loosen the plastic inside the wheel well enough to reach where the bird is? Will there be enough space to be able to push the bird with a screwdriver or something?

 

 

find a small long tip pliers and try to yank it out?

 

Someone had to say it.

Just make use of your nearest car wash and use the gun on high pressure. See how that works.

 

You've got to be kidding me - it's discusting. It does not look like a cute little bird...

But if you absolutely need a pic of the hole I'm talking about, I'll take a pic of the passenger side.

 

push the bird with a screwdriver or something?[/QUOTE] Haven't you done enough to this poor bird. Just let her rest in peace in the front bumper

 

LOL - What would you do if you were in my shoes?

 

I'd start with the pressure washer at the local self wash place. If that doesn't do it, you should be able to pop the clips in the wheel well and reach in there. However, I can't be sure because without a picture of exactly where you're talking about, I am only speculating.

 

Lito would give me hell if I did that... J/K

That would be my last resort because the bird is going to fall apart...

 

some charcoal, a skewer and some barbeque sauce

 

ROFLMAO!!! :

 

Here are two pics.

 

you're evil...

 

Can't really see it on the first pic. Did you blacked it out on the 2nd pic for censorship purposes?

 

Like I said before (though it is grotesque), blast it out with the gun at the car wash.

 

The bird is pretty decomposed... I didn't think that people would want to see it...

Wouldn't want to be responsible for someone ing. LOL

 

From the wheel arch, (driver side), push aside the front black fender piece like if though you are changing the side lights (or you guys call it park lights). If there are some screws or plastic grips, remove them carefully before you move the flap aside.

Insert a long tongs and grab it. Use a long stick if you wish. It is dead so nothing more is going to hurt it. Flush with water to remove any maggots.

After removing the decease.., push back the flap and make sure it is firm as well as the bottom flap. Finish.

Hope this helps and give it a decent burial

 

once I got my bird caught in the zipper

 

someone had to say it.

 

can you send me an email then of the bird? moomoo327@comcast.net

 

I had an unidentifiable small animal stuck under my bumper in the rear a few months ago. It was unidentifiable because the exhaust had cooked it beyond recognition. All you could see was the little tail hanging down from the bumper.

It was really gross, but I just used a stick and poked at it until it fell out. Have you tried just poking at it?

 

you wanna see it that bad?

 

how did u manage that.

i agree with poking at it. its always fun to poke at things.

otherwise pressure wash that thing, ull get parts all over the place but im sure youll get it out

 

I prefer to pull the front bumper off. It's not that difficult if you have 1 person helping you.

 

Did you blast it out with the high pressure washer too?

 

Man, its not really that hard. If it die that long ago, just poke at it until it falls apart, then pressure wash it. Its not like it gonna stay there forever.

 

post the original pictuer!

 

that's gross...

 

Let me guess

 

^^

 

 

wow how did u manage to get a bird stuck in there?

 

When I saw the bird coming towards the car, I stopped the car, caught it and stuffed it in the hole... J/K

Two birds were flying after each other by the side of the road and while I was going by, the smaller flew in front of the nose of my car. I thought that it made it passed my car, but I guess I was wrong... I have no idea how it could have ended up there especially since it was flying from the driver side going towards the passenger side.

 

So, did you get it out yet?

 

Get a hungry cat.