{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIBBehny%2FCm0BJ7MGwlpDQqbCGtJnA%2B49yqrouASIEU0mAiEAmp2eKkI3ex6EGbwJsW0dTqPV8wyoXamw0sYuf3r2K1UqwgUInP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDJ706qbQ8xDq0fi3aCqWBZcQk08u30j0l4mDOXu9MQnAqG8h1IwCBdku69QB%2BUUHFI7uYEFEH6UKFNVPpuRD1SGra9RTjkzvQTZtZbTuqM4b0dNVqOxqV9dzOo4xVXqx7%2BDwgVNwRrfAIZYk8nkBXrBr7FPnPjdHNIKkZhKznTC3nKpba%2FeW%2Fwpaqc0MgR1uembUeg7qGh%2F2VSrlIfEccBUaGApy%2BoeuOg%2FeWhlGH5mx%2F5WT4T0kCREtxa5U%2BsvTsq25TvQRpw2427CKN1Pwg806Nm7%2BD%2Bix%2B9YoloqsmIWnVWeVPskKViEAiAmPAKK%2B6W%2Bkt3PylrHoe37OHysEz5ZOGb0NRN2xKxP55mwTqUDPAfymr2GEbVzgOMMqcBCzLvfdGT1P2WJ3j4Sn7g39iB57PH3E0DCd4bQNFEqUm3xhD8z7asycjAuUsRelV9kdyzktUg0VgPOeFSU3S7MHqT%2Bq0ExxeRTFAMSGcIKDId3v4GZwEpm5%2B6qzus7JYXTKo4Vpl2zP07Ir68CpsUvCyGGHqnl%2FJaHJyg0p4sAlkJuvmjc8QDaPy5JU4NV4iycvI47gQs9IzvXy94E7AMaS9ZkRo5ReBllpFzgHbgcVEUVu%2B309SDd2iE9agMchSTN7N5kKLiOwlXqzacB0QknIHkDdgTrpZnQCJxyCVpiDaLaYe8VAuV64bmangHZsrbQfvUIRRk11Xp6olB2MbeGTB7UFpB1GQVEodK%2B3%2Fp3Yldu%2BTSomGHXf3B4Psi04brsOR6hq5ty%2BcBiBJMoOkVUe52hVDSxhyc7oyJK%2BEI74biRlv1orqDQCC7Lm1EV37feoXm1v6OVnHozoTvU59gxCoNF3PrOQ4prHghmsjGT4X1viUZ5I%2FsXQTsgSlHAyzlYqT7g1gydVMLuO9tIGOrEBYAmRyTodDB9c0e9FufmiXdaBe95XveDlk1zlRbbCWv1jibzZsxL%2BxUch95PVBeBdVrVEHn3e2XaNdAJINnDRCtdGPq4sPHOEtZO60PVNq9V6ES5ylsST0HH7g%2BhKqyAUJVR%2BpPKaxknUj2244HgzT%2F6halAsxRN6%2Bw3wvaC2nElyrhEuh%2BEFJjtM963DIJ019CEZZkLll83Y7RDTuLlorMNA%2B5xOu%2BXKlDbcLOTApnzN&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U2DJXAGTY%2F20260720%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260720T025535Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=7413a62f6859a577fc7b0449ca3a13168fd52b1e7bc2ea8151a9a156155cadc4 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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