It was unexpected, extraordinary, and even scary but well worth it in the end, at least according to the author. This is the mystery of why a snake eagle came to his hotel room.
The thoughts about birds as messengers is ancient... perhaps a notice of change coming. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next while for that man.
I liked the comment about.."No birds today?" that is so wonderfully human. it makes me laugh. and yes, he was very brave and very lucky. I cannot imagine handling it in any other way.. critters do have great strength.