{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEEYaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIHMCyL42k940OikJFvcYR744OpeVEkdpR1smhhGSy%2BmsAiEAn8%2F8LCOejIRAaaD%2Fqxzn%2BfQIJ16WayM3VS23A0BsjyMquAUIDxAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDDxIgJSDxEPVDa7NNCqVBVFPTDJGP11Vae75CQmC6tM0yQ6nxQzeGUWy3t%2BTFH0lttwC7PC%2F5BbOKcTRamgqk5cplomjPVxWBCJ01DNnim%2FuEAGIdDqqBKAra9KyhNcmxecfGbDWsRQQsav82z8aFz8Gu%2Bupd9Wkc5d%2BABdBlQ2R%2BFskAkVz%2Bk%2B5xvPGqdX9eMmXsL%2B6x5aDd%2FCJ%2BgZjutTOpk3nlrC%2FzjUcPdCp%2F0qnbtDC5YUJoZ3dYFxYDwjvQke%2BeSHtnFCHsbmGmevirQ76Huq12%2FYfFAbwVkHtCxLj%2Fdv3OCs82ZAnJttFMvgrx09w7NWMu70IIdt6Pp2e0hm5IFwo93lHy%2FhNau3KlDAGO3%2Ft2g8Q8hza%2F%2FvwVFOTmdaMR09YE%2By3jDgUqESDw3BiJJCYnxhowhvysNc3THP2XJLptXqoE96RPoQfP1wfrPdw4XkMGjpNsy0uXjdUvHPOiPhw6Ps97yw6QBOxnPG%2F9RHjngb9Z%2FQGTmbok1ImThCZghxX%2Bv%2FLbwUD7UWc1mkFrI3xaI6DAP5BMiKjfeqi92OCLN0OdFS%2BwImJuNko1oicyiAtD87ICrkDswUdDoiJXnbUXZRiSY9tfOtJrhO5E5EU9g2mxgzAiwiG82ArZ%2FEQnlF5flxS4%2BVlS4I15nyJPfcQqFe9m%2BiPzPHGOHFG6qjNk8Wjk4HEzjhHKihChO1EpvHkmT6AgaYomz5ZffSpws6KXQ77bHGjK4TQK6wRnicLTKEACRuyw1nq1Oe2kkmnH%2F234uDZowkiPi%2FSY0wCNyN78elupn3UiQuSm15NU3sfIrUhFFn1EnSZs193c5bbGuUp40oG0tZosat0ls%2B9E0USKeWwyr1qYGiu%2Fa0btelGps380XJfy%2BB%2FhpKhw0US%2BKEw%2FtaJ1wY6sQE0oK%2BDYxwKiPwCYln2GeLgLyHgssRTXQbIU2UrCjstAQbaYHRHmPrHVZi%2BZLlWo8QVMHH4zKuxYaPtAiMl77cX1GkA6hZmECKUox3gcYdsa0DFLp7i78DJpK%2FuwOWLu%2BqiZquDwAQ%2FIZ%2BnIUXEBPIlRPdRw7AyNKEhSCVAMej4GkoMQh%2FQEDbQj%2FsrHt80daPRFC0zJucQ%2Fovhi4tTh4ttyOU6oMXlWH1gs1CcBimHS5c%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UQ2JPV6TN%2F20261028%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261028T215652Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=fb23d771610da8022d0a1a540558c1885a1f56a3c014b8d32e2f43911d597847 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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