Vinaceous Traveler

 

Ron Knight - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8077188788/in/photolist-diKGPE-8y2Vxf-8y2Vyj

 

The vinaceous rosefinch peched upon my windowsill and stared inside with a curiosity normally reserved for our feline acquaintances .

Yet, she evoked mine and I met her on the porch for a chat.

"What are you doing here?"

I inquired because I needed to understand.

"I came to shatter your preconceptions," she replied with a wisdom that took me off-guard.

"You belong in the far east," I protested with deepening interest.

"Exactly," she said.

"How did you get here?"

"I don't know," she conceded. "I just started flying one day and, seeing no borders from the sky, I just kept flying until I was drawn to you. A little voice whispered in my ear that you were a bit too certain of yourself and you needed a visit from me."

"I think you might have taken care of that," I sighed, completely unperturbed by the reality that I was having a two way conversation with an aviary creature and still processing the geopolitical implications of its immigration status.