While working outside near dusk this evening, I saw what I thought was a cat land on the neighbor’s gazebo roof. I took Wally over to see the cat, only to discover that it was this HUGE owl. Wally and I inadvertently scared the owl back up into our Walnut tree, where it sat until we went in.
This probably solves one little mystery. About a month ago, while I was up late, I heard the most odd-sounding screeching coming from outside. I woke Randy up to listen, and we decided that we probably had some sort of predatory bird outside. But it’s more likely that it was this owl. Kind of cool to have an owl in the neighborhood.
The View From Here 