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Try attaching a wire mesh-like chicken wire-around the top of your chimney. Or find a heavy grate that will sit over the opening of your chimney without blowing off in the wind. This will prevent birds from trying to nest in your chimney, and it will also prevent the neighbor's cat from trying to follow those birds down the chimney.