My Good Friend

It knows just when to call for its supper, often waiting outside my window. This wasthe start of a yawn but I was too quick  on the button. It was less than 3 feet away when I took this shot.

Its behaviour is so casual its just like a pet dog. It was in the garden once and I called it, it didn't come but neither did it run away.
 

Out of the blue.

 Talking to my neighbour over the garden fence when suddenly she shouted 'WHATS THAT' and pointed behind me , I turned and to my surprise a red kite was drifting towards me. My camera was in the car in the drive a few steps away. I managed a couple of shots before it disappeared over the rooftops. In my younger days I went to Wales as many as six times a year to photograph the kites and here was one over my back garden. They are not uncommon in my area but rarely seen now. I'm not so active these days but this is one bird that I shall track down.