Mistaken Identity

Outside my flat there is an elegant bird (a hawk I think) that flies around sometimes - riding the thermals between our building and the one across the street.  He is really lovely to watch - occasionally he has a friend with him and they perform a dance of figure 8's going up and up to a level higher than my 45th floors, then flying off into the distance. I have discovered that he lives (sometimes) on the opposite building.  I have named the one on the building across from me Fred.

Yesterday I received a text saying "Hey there its FRED" and for the next three seconds my thoughts were like this: the bird texted me? I looked out the window to see if Fred was out there. Of course a bird would but his name in capitals that makes sense.  It did take me a full three seconds at least to realize that I actually knew someone named Fred and it was not the bird.  I feel a little bad for thinking my friend Fred was a bird - but he is a new friend and I hope he understands.  The bird Fred is talented but I am not convinced that he could ever text me.