My bird is always sitting on the pasture fence. Every time I look out the window, every time I go outside. I have tried for weeks to take her photo, but whenever I point the camera at her, from any distance, she flies up into the tree,I imagine she has a nest there is is watching, is guarding. Animals make the most wonderful mothers, protective, attentive, my bird has entered my imagination, caught my attention, if I step out the back door quietly with nothing in my hands, she will let me approach here, I have come to feel she is here for me, she has brought me a message, she is waiting outside for me.

I know this is a projection, a selfish one, but she is always there, she is a haunting presence on the fence, she is always watching. Today, I took my big 300 mm lens out behind the barn and she watched me, but let me take her photo. I hope I can get closer.