I live close to the Houston Medical Center & see Peregrine Falcon's pretty regularly. Back when I could still walk the dog before work I'd hear owl fly by in stealth mode. One morning I noticed the side of my truck was all bloody from an owl apparently killing or eating something in the branches above.There is a pair of Great Horned Owl's and Red tail Hawk's that have lived around my place for many years. I set on the front porch and watch them all the time.
Almost every year there are 20 - 30 Peregrine Falcon's that hang around my place for a several days. They roost in the trees around my house. It's fascinating to watch these bird's hunt, they will fly several hundred feet up in the sky and dive almost straight down at great speeds, and take other bird's out of the sky.
I've always enjoyed seeing the raptor's around my place.
I understand, and no offense taken nor intended. Thinking back, I know it came up just past my knees when I was in hip boots, which I just measured as 24”, so probably 2” is a better guess.I wasn't trying to call you out. It might well have been 2.5 ft from the feet to the top of the head. Great horned owls can get big. I was just sharing how goofy they look if you lift their skirts.