in case you thought that was a photo of a cat, which is what I thought it was, except that there were two people on the street spending a looooooong time to watch that "cat", and then i realized it was A FALCON!!!

i was able to run in, get my digi, and get out to get this one pict (of which i've enlarged a cropped portion). it took off in full wing span with a squirrel in it's talons, which i was not able to get a pict of...damn my super slow digi!!!! however, i do feel pretty blessed to have gotten this shot at all! i can't tell you how HUGE this bird seemed to me, even from accross the street!!! i suppose saying i thought it was a cat kind of speaks to that; but i thought it was from how big the legs were! wow!!!! i'm beyond amazed to have seen one of these in my neighborhood.

i will definately be spending more time here over the next week or two!!! maybe i'll see that falcon again!!!


i just feel like putting in a cute shot of tessy.