Reports until 14:22, Thursday 20 April 2017
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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:22, Thursday 20 April 2017 - last comment - 14:33, Thursday 20 April 2017(35690)
~1340 - 1350 hrs. local -> Operated crane at X-mid
Kyle, Chandra 

Chandra had freed a bird that had got itself stuck in the "sticky mat" used to trap insects at the X-mid earlier today.  Unfortunately, it flew into the VEA.  Following Keita's Thursday 1 O-clock'ish meeting, we followed up by opening all of the roll-up doors and, with the lights off, persuaded it to exit.  We had to "bump" the crane bridge a few times to encourage the bird to leave - which it eventually did.  (Don't get me wrong.  I'm all for recycling and liberating caught birds etc. but if she next finds a struggling beached whale along the X-arm access road - she's on her own!)
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chandra.romel@LIGO.ORG - 14:33, Thursday 20 April 2017 (35691)

The bird was stuck on the black goo mat on the floor next to roller door, not the white sticky mats that we also use to trap rodents/insects. I was happy to see it fly so well after I peeled its wing and foot off.