{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGUaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIQC210a8HFS%2BMLQwzgAvzf%2FWKn77ZuJYFlISGaMwvbeMiQIgcCmwSpvpdVIMaWSjOsXp1MObXiJL7bbqQEH5ZgGK4xMquQUILhAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDMBbV6oxcoCt%2BWIuJiqWBYyqb0Ao8vuo8z8A7yUHZDit42XuQA1rOv8Exams%2BAU2jO%2BeyJvKby3Qhf3fjxM1lYegbj6lTWiPoWzp9ttF9VJbLmsCl85KHjG2%2FxQN26IQaKnqyfOs0zqtTaWrz9yc4%2FjfwFcTABjP8Zu7PCXmsWv7kpx8DjhIu66H0oaSAaiPJjYrwEn%2BcSqX34kkLYt4oenkOVyvFGEsYfaIdeTGW0E1%2FZigc%2BuAL5XkgQ%2FjGIcg7pdkIWs61vSpTwJnouvPeELOJW14ScoLqHteAb%2B8zDcpxByoEVcVlcnxQTUcW5StDu3%2FBDqK9KgN843PMCI9XektbhF7gtR7hrBWiEBNCgYk3jF%2FDk1JVjctGrqf9kDWwgjatAzzP1%2F6PuJg7gryC0d56DMU%2BRYl72Yph9Fu04lk99rMyy2bM8SyW5Lh5yOKpVzJrnQvez9WNA1Xc6ciTYKX0gnW%2BkxZtaZvDUqjE9q6r1ow9OnJDxWM3n8STFe8sdlU89ufz6sFsm8KRaicaPp117Z%2BYYbtcExSjrdAVCGe6w%2FFoS%2FQb37OfqB14elhme645n7ClNDNI5cNsymWXcV4iqTyEINDXtLMog8kREm4b28w43ZYoZuMp2I70pUHN4megKJ%2BXfJ57WRgQlACdORxSY%2FlpKzF%2FziUKEMmwaVvhLkJSEdCrP3gaK3dSwGZo%2B9b%2BElmxosXohTwB4dxAbP1OcuxBnKFz7YxC3akzJRBeJSAoLNLluCMlAO7zlyNJmXMxvqHl6py8TLRRJIPsU8j5mg3KKS1Pmdxph7aMAyF%2BpB%2BlY9KZHJnghKg04EEyb3N7zoqIKfw3%2FkSk%2BT8Ss9gIYgjSfxN3ViQVD6IUQWQDJhYyIdOmv9gL%2Fp%2BrCJjcvuxe%2F4OMIyCoNYGOrEBHB6UcghQUbCrsjb4zsYTHd2MfPPs0cpjNZTnXDOwaRViFSvbIuOCMtQ7F%2B%2B41%2B3Z%2FsvekT5poac73gDXXV2a1kUKk6S7sVi8tZcZWuNR%2Bsryp3By2ujyhQRyf4IvjBwDovhzdsMct1IUYUvu6ufCA583Rjd7sHRSL49TYdEuaOCVvpClX6uwvmfk4WKGUXHJuFQnZDCb96f8KyscdscPtByd6NICvRXSkiIH0EewhfCJ&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UTPGYB2OA%2F20261008%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261008T211747Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=0be26529527729290b0eee6cd0bef311604b21a2beed1dce6879ea3ace72ae78 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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