Avian creatures are my favorite type of being. I did falconry after I watched an owl always watching me when I snuck out for smokes on my grandpa's farm at night. It would just watch me like we were having some kind of mental mind interaction and when it eventually flew away it would always do a little sweep around, look at me again and leave. Since it was on his farm I eventually studied falconry and wanted to befriend it but it disappeared after about 3 months of it being there almost every night. I wish I was a bird to be honest, but not a small one, preferably an owl, falcon, raven, crow or eagle. Me and my cousins would use non kill mouse traps and release then and let the owl eat them near the end. When it disappeared I remember being upset but it is a solitary night creature and it ultimately just wanted the free hunt. It would always stay a while afterwards even if we didn't have more, possibly waiting. I still felt a bond regardless though.