{"id":308,"date":"2009-03-12T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salibblog.wordpress.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2009-03-12T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T12:40:04","slug":"an-avian-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/2009\/03\/12\/an-avian-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"An Avian Visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-309 aligncenter\" title=\"100_1160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/stromnessacademylibrary\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2009\/03\/100_1160.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"100_1160\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/stromnessacademylibrary\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2009\/03\/100_1160.jpg 448w, https:\/\/glow-prod-or.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/or\/public\/stromnessacademylibrary\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2009\/03\/100_1160-300x225.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOr%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJGMEQCIEqGb%2BvMtHHVTaWsTo%2Fz8i6%2FvR4TUdWVfsuNmbTBdNLUAiA1%2F07fzCVa01qcw3WQSNJo6PbWJyL3LcY4F%2F4oc1JrPirBBQiz%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAUaDDI3MzU3MDE5NTQzMyIMwM9zokPPWcJxY7I3KpUFx8tM0X%2FoaRQPHNP%2FmcC%2BjQrJ4khJEulHvVojMP2%2BANQnmihoouD5VdnuqyaajsY6e1TaBq%2FYygdTgdqiWwdANBewQBODf1nieJg7qEqYR1iQqHoivpENRC8Cx44dj75yPGdRQAIa4G86ylb6nHgsDRTzsc4I2JECb1mdQ5Juw2jS4KmuQpBGKRcgADClrxmCCxLkF0zP0id7E%2Bjw6QG1EvcKd%2Blm24XpPlD0yC7IMPC6qvKi4d2gxj%2BgieRgMWE7Y0seYE1MRpXN2b8wmxiC%2BQM3UbADUWTRD5IlgnZjMMoU9dWFbyUpCd4RgVwroyGCxIVBhtsaDNdI6YJPp3JOLS49dwkXylIsgMz9zFDfHFyNeVHvxMC%2B3O9%2FcMheScUYP5y72o9zoC25R9faILLDoAXDcruKnihckiUbDxqufEmLwCxaO37jNP0l8K0U4V7JG%2B7gJuzH%2F1lHnUjtHq5SW1O8412xS25Kb8ktjOL5bWl11JoT2k05BvEvE9ZLKwl1AHt0blFbir08d%2BMprUAHWbtJDdDzCYdhYlNP4%2BgNaA6Gw%2B1jjv1FFa6mKGzNkWLuakDCuJ0TiUHW1%2BZeCVkQZsvuPkiUGZrwaMpoMz20DVuXh2WleP4ioOoIPKkdXMcu%2F9CByOxj41nL8tfv7J7dLuXMr1o612LUWFis%2FXOZZdzgWPyzK1gBhJ7oEIbNJHSkKdyxCXsACxhn3HzJvzcnQNOzWk0YDqKunQUMxFaABFJ2FAdwysKsPQ1dYAf7bE67vN3xbXb2FsBdhoYbOk6%2FQWYIN48TBO8H%2FRiM0LAxrIbzKCL4yNv8Nf2CJV27KeDduah0CKal4gvomo92EC5zaWH9ZPR6DsqvciAtUEm9DHye834bVjC56OvTBjqyATblpuqotnJiQHJP5RC0dZjTlKFP0xvt%2BvtwQnqBMGTOsWc9yFX%2FOnlwmumta6hOSjRfRTl%2F8OZ3nR9gaNP9JyuLAzqyY0UJI8xB5aMmHHciFteCvUrdadVyIqlpk%2F25TyQ3KHOznyOsPGGGnbdioWDrURyA2yhXeR1zvGnWwxYtv07HOOZ6KjhpkiwQ5LvS9S2TdEIe3ywbcqDhXoJxxQu8VdcS1BIM6btSfp5Hq2PWufU%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UUSIDU46W%2F20260811%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260811T104622Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=14340e949f5b36eb3986c1a51925977307931e3c09e808ae4344e88b4101cec6 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was sitting at my desk and thought that I heard the patter of tiny rodent feet in the suspended ceiling above me. Imagination? During the course of the period, I heard it another couple of times. I called the Janitor, who came and we had a look but no sign of anything. Ten minutes or so later there was a very distinctive cheep! Mice don&#8217;t cheep. Lifting a roof tile, I peered in to see a bird.<\/p>\n<p>The other Janitor came with a step ladder and after about 20 minutes we had &#8216;persuaded&#8217; the bird to drop into the library. After some fluttering about it perched a plant, then dropped to the floor. 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