{"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 loading=\"lazy\" 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEJD%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJGMEQCIDDmfU6AnK7HxRoZ5wZRMGv1Q0WVgcPDWh82R1U1xbpuAiAbazmpvYPLjnEJp2ZYFy8c8tRJGsGVNU7mvU0rRjmtGyq5BQhZEAUaDDI3MzU3MDE5NTQzMyIM4ysPZU6BbM6ev1ShKpYFP3ZmaHKQtyiMd9HhFWE16qA7kkX89BnTJsIs173q5%2BMk%2FuynE6ByLP1T2kI%2FjXxpN9V4bd02olR%2FgKxxcL9HY%2BWQTqt4YcnVb7Gdvkgd%2BJ2tajOm05YMP9bF9y5J4WfVW9MxK5ffcbFxCtJdWZyjqKICYHd0f7jd2PL7hzZbhQTBfdp4kYPpemNtVv3D2kgnaRYC98XAgiu3iPyVzTUTgz6F%2F%2BFX3CyU%2Bh8WZ9Tm%2BQyCMaxKENVcfeWUOl%2BkES0Ai2JRbQnh%2FyiuHi%2BSQ%2F0iaQuQnIjKplHCxicI%2BAXnJpFX3HMcwnXx6RuvGIjDN6pcCqtdq3kI%2Br4Fj7O9jPMho4WwrbAG%2FqonIPUQAGubuv%2FcTAnx1zKJoOB0G219dF6PmIyAazoNr6eX9RR7gllCF6i0pzOPNtzB3HSLEcpa95oE4ugj8E76umKqPqhMM6ma03OsFaGl0ZYBHR8BYNv%2Fvos%2FdpsqPogNNXQWY0iMtDQ42w7MDyrh50hKtsl%2FH3PvujVtIl38DElCc7NhKoc6GGFsljXWhKtvhZ0bpIOZuk90x4IH6t866wenI%2FXeoupIR7uj7%2B9cT4g8b4zqDplSWVnkZLXgKrZPBKUMNCL8MClgZNu8aHEkuNVGoKvgIFjyYRBj96Em4TILDhmit0fdB6p3fKpJ6O1QKc3skBaW4s92hdRRGF1%2FPU0MYPtYxrLEFEEH3Ih1q9%2BJLNA0h1C7%2FQGLhDDSpNust%2BXHRkvYUGfg5nrnI14OclP1ysUTRnMwUsYsVYXcgXdZz%2BTGfpnvwSlMNUqYJdBP8x1Uj9mVy%2B8UlHiYYZ94CbLVTkKwOqB1JlbjLxHAa%2FzdSKfZkotfB7OZhl6cxq0OlaDBR2u2NJ4H0bjS374w0Yb30QY6sgHTx%2BY41c5yZEfQUk98NKOGNomc7ANBIDtdq7mhtYDaKyFubNrH6c9nYdy95J8TBa3avh5chsvbddJA0XI21kxaHRWkJ8tr0adOFFe8mxF87TLgX%2BkqPajDjmw9mGxi8%2BMyrWLPyPpSu1Vw5jhEz4Vsdo%2B1bYcnroxYj7rztDSrdx6szp8nJM0Xcz1YaVYkBt7JmZNzv96GI5ei9uPbololOXx%2BlFJG%2BRfvYuMSiFFmClGL&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UY6AZVPN4%2F20260626%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260626T003731Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=e6293747165dc56c76d15a9863970b9b993ebfaba02e9f1c3ce3b0b3a8a7ea17 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (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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