I thought of this story when I had my own incident a few weeks ago. Came home from work on a Friday and noticed a cheeping sound coming from upstairs. Investigated and narrowed the sound to my bedroom and appeared to be coming from the ceiling. I am thinking "great, a bird got into the attic area and got caught." I figured it would find its way out but by bedtime the chirping was still going on. And on. And ON.
So I trudged downstairs and slept on the couch.
The next day, the chirping it still going on with no let up. So I resign myself to the fact I am going to have to call someone to take care of the poor critter but it is the weekend so I doubt I can find someone. I go into my bedroom and narrow the sound down to area near the entrance to my en suite bathroom. As I am standing there looking at the ceiling, I catch movement out of the corner of my eye. Directly below is a nightstand with my el cheapo digital clock from Walmart. The display is flashing in time to the cheeps and chirps. What the... !!!
So I unplug the clock and with a one last dying birdie cheep, I am surrounded by blissful silence. Yay! Who knew a clock could make that sound? And make it sound like it is coming from the ceiling?