Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Continuing the theme of being startled by beasties when I should be asleep, a few minutes ago a bird flew into my bedroom window. It hit fairly hard, but apparently not so hard as to do damage, nor enough to knock it out of the air. (This is a 2nd story window, and the bird made a couple more strikes right away.) My reactions, in order:

• What? Something hit the window. Flesh-sounding thud.
• A bat? Bats don't hit windows.
• Wait, I can see it. Bird? It's dark out. What's a bird doing airborne now?
• Did it wake Perrine?
• Yes, it woke Perrine, and there she [THWACK][Bounce][scrabble][LEAP] goes!

So the window got it from both sides. Perrine is standing on the radiator looking out the window. The bird managed to land in the ivy, and must have been at least a little stunned, 'cause it just sat there for a couple minutes while Perrine tried to stick her mouth through the glass. Now she's looking at the place the bird had been.

I didn't get a really good look, but the bird is somewhat beige-ish, at least on the front, and the size of ... well, a smallish sparrow maybe. (What's the next size down from a sparrow?) I'm thinking that maybe it is in fact a rather small sparrow, but that's half guess.

Earlier, when I was dealing with computers, Perrine tried to get me to stop and play a couple times (I did indulge her in a game of swat on the stairs), but mostly tried to ignore me until I stayed in one place for a while, at which point she'd come lie nearby ... only to get annoyed when a few minutes later I got up again. Apparently she was sleepy and was waiting for me to settle into a single location so she could sleep near me. So when I went to bed, I called her to join me. But she's awake now, and so am I. Thwack.

Okay, time to try this sleep thing again.