ITKA*

*It's That Kestrel Again

I've posted the male kestrel on the boiler house chimney a few times recently. I was photographing some jackdaws whirling around it this afternoon when Kes came into land. He stared down at Ollie and me then he was off.

I was thinking of the wartime radio show ITMA - It's That Man Again, when I chose my title. I don't remember it, it was before my time but MrQ often uses the catchphrases. I listened to the last episode which was broadcast in 1949 just before Tommy Handley died and lolled a few times. I think the catchphrase that best fits the kestrel is that of Ali Oop, "I go - I come back."