Who shed this feather?

Sometimes, it's the small things that catch the eye most compellingly.

This feather, for instance. Who owned it? A lady gull, perhaps; they have some brown plumage among the grey.

Or was it a different sort of bird entirely?

I resisted the temptation to pick it up. It looked so lovely lying there on the patterned sidewalk where it fell. The colours blend beautifully.