WE ARE FIX IT PROS AROUND HERE!!
Sitting here and the AC kicks on (it got that warm today) and the compressor outside is making...A Noise It Should Not.
I had one moment of panic and said, "I bet that is a stick hitting the fan."
Sent my brother out with a flashlight and he didn't see anything at first, then saw one leaf on top of the compressor - and picked it up and there was a whole long stick with it.
The compressor sounds normal now, YAY.