Poltergeist
n: a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder

This morning, in the space of one minute, these three events happened in quick succession:

1. the power went off and then on causing my computer to shut down, the lights to flicker and the smoke alarm to squeal,

2. a Golden-Crowned Kinglet flew into my office window and fell to the ground,

3. one of the cats threw up.

I was very unsettled for a bit. Outside, I found the small bird after searching for a long time. It was alive and tending to a wing. I was afraid that I was going to have to ‘deal’ with the bird somehow. But, when I prodded it with a stick, it hopped around for a bit then promptly flew away. I went back inside and cleaned up the cat vomit.