How cute can you get?

THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS FOR HELPING TO MAKE THE LOSS OF MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, FIONA, EASIER TO BEAR! YOU HAVE ALL MADE SO MUCH DIFFERENCE THE LAST 13 DAYS! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. Hard to believe that when tomorrow comes (the day of Fiona's Celebration of Life service), it will have been two weeks since she passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.

It's the little guy/gal again : ) This photo of the tiny, popcan-sized or fist-sized owl was taken a week ago, on 10 January 2015, in Fish Creek Park. It was sitting among a tangle of branches, and though I was able to get a clear shot of it, it was fully zoomed and then cropped. Looks OK at this size.

"The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it’s a ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds. These owls are mostly dark brown and white, with long tails, smoothly rounded heads, and piercing yellow eyes. They hunt during the day by sitting quietly and surprising their prey. As a defensive measure, songbirds often gather to mob sitting owls until they fly away. Mobbing songbirds can help you find these unobtrusive owls, as can listening for their call, a high-pitched series of toots." From AllAboutBirds.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pygmy-Owl/id