BONDED

I feel as though I'm bonding with this kestrel, although I'm sure that's just wishful thinking on my part. I'd stopped on the lane to watch it through the windscreen hovering above the car when it swooped down and landed on the post beside my window, looked impatiently at me as I wound down the window and tried to focus, then caught sight of something else and swooped off across the field just after I'd managed to get in a couple of shots. I see it (or its pals) almost every time I go down those two adjacent roads now, and if it's perching on top of a pole it/they usually stay to peer down at me as I walk round the base looking up and taking photos of it/them. Whatever the reason, I feel a bit honoured!