{"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%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIQC6zGWnlcT08SoinYJCdV%2Br09VvlyuPbwWQugMgwlO7fAIgLvRwMcx%2FKKdg4TbJytbtsKrc735HNYUNB5VBpj3tD2oquQUIWRAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDGPBGjJYSHBkWCHWjiqWBQ5PnWK3AyZUk%2FDe6tyVvqWnOSlH6jMgXho6eIaM%2FvFsbd%2BXAbiIy9TAp0wKm9%2BauhFfGD09YH9yGRT038sPX26lfDFQ08zOoCfaRdqavuV%2BnUOfeMQOXKgS5FsPImz28ihyTdQV0powIcoIN4KK8MgnKxvvX60Gu6a1S%2Boo%2BG%2F9DYwPtEM0Yv%2FvyNTWVO8ryGc7dES88Vw%2BPpe0eZcnx%2Fb5EvLKE8V0iRqms8NyTat6DDzZVNLNUisFXwgJaV4EvByMZiQykkBvWpU3gSbLuto4JScwL1ONS7TEVT%2Be2d62fBREUNqN36WYZxt1D0odhCplMvMi56RQsXtEp5CCz%2BXoLr3%2FqXA8sOHSqeBVB30478myil05zNUoUs0J2PK45i3wpCUHhgHS1f8A41YmMpm6PYe%2Fweda5MzfRGvdfHv4SRbxtP3mezpITsZR5cCMUzKWfnwKn47t8bbJZd2FQyETI8NysP02oos0hFtzPLV5JK8KfkzmYGbbg46BTcg7zAKAK%2B5BaXXb0Ji4DDKfYDzxjuXTiBvU6Ap33Lwg8%2FuJDobY6rv%2F7IPBCOrZmO3sJZ7KjGm7afmz8sX9NoqSxxD0V0OxqyxgC8ZtkuEpgnCq%2FgBlpNie8lQzD2i9GAerZU6POPuHSyTbS4QGtKsiaBVCGt0HXTuHRQENyM8L%2F9t0fNuI4%2BFn%2B1Lo4JIMiMmz4zos9KBLQE9ZZ%2BUcbF5vYjfsZnkWakMm4D0WO4utHxbxu3yuXQuqUbhxEh6E4buiTTEnCOQtMQmpKCLmmexLhOKuBUVX0ELYexUys1J9%2BjYWkx4PDzz7aE4ufFJE4llQ10MMJuZcMgF0AM%2FSz01HhrlW6FpVcSC0Ldiy5Enpyy6%2B%2BeaC%2BtAmMIry9tEGOrEBF9G0yKrF8c7U%2FGIlAgr2vOhvnV7gx1ndlofoF3ZGOIB4lwl%2FMVAI00JJmkgrwBHytxuKzpFc2nJG0mBNucbTnBY7FM8kGwtYdWsBgkQDrZoMssP8QZ2RJ8ZIAKcRpEb9hE64P%2BRz7u2Rf68Lm%2BePC6pmsLsz29T6fYMixC%2FD1P870vTgrMCsike5giYlLVYdpZksaeBMpbW4PC104Pv%2FoFBYMzKdOV8KGwDWUDn9ystc&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UYTIJQBS5%2F20260625%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260625T233511Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=f420390cd55c878ebf97cda99baaa49fc7055bd83d6a604cba7a071f72853e31 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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