{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEG4aCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIQC8G2M6w9wh%2FAqXMVmZTzCq8cONuPbYsL4aRVbF%2B3JULQIgb17ljsis5Ps1kJkwZ5lhNouuG4wEhBUNnfISR3XUSyAquQUINxAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDKikiAaWUOnWrbaZZSqWBd6UzfDfEhe7imv2sXc75S4jcHpU3bcP23nDp2vtbQVQ%2BWRch9KV93CFRwyYw0rH6kGCHBTOY%2FMPrDhtzCCMtxSPtBrVAL8nDM956x%2BE2FGYoPeA%2BDKH9oSeOoWgFRrzD%2FfCt7VpEr34%2Fb4fRb%2F8K3iBDzsde3VMOL5Em7xMBVpfnTYnlA6gGtgJCAv40G8dYN2ZGaxIak3SGSgGryx9JvZETezF3qBH2ykBKyT7WiMUU6alM8rkWAKrqH7u7ctkkZaV5mdihV1oDETQmLv%2B8Y%2FTTOqINbv73CvarVsbWhNAm9VIjyN8vOSgtGXUCKLzLqHVo%2Ba7646fOLR4XLTf8HQ40SRDDvobiL7ziU0NXMysxoG%2FGUNgUqQT0FdOVhmuLxWnzmURrDJLwj7LE42A7ly2Albq6igBqfvcH%2FBTpQG9vIf2oF%2F%2Be0TMaYGgUKiF9DkYkiyv%2BtoOVGE%2BrGNhj%2FoNcZ7vEexvb3U%2B6Rd3hyHDvd9EsA2%2F4stGGYwR7X%2Bd4tROT0OKAnc%2FBu%2BYp6VY3k9ixp9FDvUGael5Ed6Gf0V6BlQew9LRxHjzll22XsF2tTugytT1Zn2e%2F%2BuXkXfn4tUbD0sR%2BTGxITEDPTuLSl%2FX3XtA%2BAHtWZQex8fedjWjLu13GCoj0mwsjTSOQXKGZnEQeuaZYQvxIXqcVmpVtp2%2BfRGnQzWY1gOFRfDJmqhTqAk45m0%2BXkqzbICrv2Xzq4s706TKLuKYVw5G11I8xTOlHNivvx%2F2b0KTzJDrTiXaSU5WEDW%2FnG%2FjfdMP8kQTDPoSzCHb3x5Gi2%2BNqsYu4ngYKgC1ctL1Lrta4Rwkoqi%2FIDH8WQF8rQ%2FgZGbNoBMviXINNtWDCm6XlWARcNeZG1CS0scvF0ESMNG2sdUGOrEBKMSUOz619%2F4Gv%2FfPfID76y4u8kjnODzeyu9AKJo%2BXSCkq1zUIzkbQBoXaJtFbJnX5T6jgFmPNrRPCCopLlmOKJkFNb%2FH681Fsp3oxpTIv5QHT3X2UwWmunGXlMYg8FuDTm6oJHibJzEaIMgsTBZTISyYXWToB%2FhjRmtYEuYnKpaw0wm4gJj%2Byo14eJepmd5az3qX1DU9pzurpbZ7RoM5R7s4XB01nhQ%2BV1bezFLuHtxt&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UUKPRUJEW%2F20260917%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260917T213010Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=b08f26bc3f30b6415db62750e0220e61cfeb3d56df6d920f6a08d130b39c88c0 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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