Katra wrote:
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I was blessed with a wonderful early morning experience a couple of
months ago in the parking lot at our local HEB! I saw a pretty little
hawk on the ground in one of the parking lot islands and on closer look,
of all things, it was a PEREGRINE FALCON!!!

Probably migrating.

It had just caught it's breakfast and flew off with it as I approached.
Appears to have been a female grackle.

Oh well! ;-)

I'd swear I saw a Peregrine Falcon diving toward a flock? of pigeons near last week near S. Congress & Ben White. It was a fast bird with the
long tail and tapered wings and the pigeons were going every different direction! It dove steeply then leveled off and seemed follow one pigeon over
the top of a building and out of view.

I got a rush out of seeing it, whatever kiind of bird it was. )