Dove on a Park Bench

Last weekend, while walking around Brookside Gardens, I noticed a dove walking on the ground. I tried to get positioned for a good picture but it kept moving away. Then - it fluttered up to the arm of a park bench. The bird looked perfectly relaxed and ready for a picture.

After posing on the arm for a minute or so, it moved up to top rim of the bench's back…for a bit more posing. The feathers were ruffled making the bird look bigger.

Then it flew into a nearby tree and waited patiently for me to get a few pictures. After I took the picture below, the bird turned in the other direction. Was there some important bird-logic about keeping the left side facing me?