Raptor species confirmation; plus, I'm registered for Fall 08 classes.
In other words, a fairly eventful day, by recent standards.
We saw three raptory birds whirling, soaring, and chasing each other on the thermals put up by our alley and the next street down, so we whipped out the binocs, and then my camera, and now I can say they're definitely American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Pics will be uploaded for your amusement once I get them off the camera; they're tiny, as the birds were QUITE far away, but I believe diagnostic.
Later in the day, while downtown before a medical appointment (about which more later ... perhaps much later. Don't worry, I'm fine), I went to school and talked to the financial aid people about exactly how my scholarship-that-takes-effect-this-fall works, and then registered for classes. So yay, that's done, and now I can go from school freakouts to Worldcon-unpreparedness freakouts. Progress! :->
We saw three raptory birds whirling, soaring, and chasing each other on the thermals put up by our alley and the next street down, so we whipped out the binocs, and then my camera, and now I can say they're definitely American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Pics will be uploaded for your amusement once I get them off the camera; they're tiny, as the birds were QUITE far away, but I believe diagnostic.
Later in the day, while downtown before a medical appointment (about which more later ... perhaps much later. Don't worry, I'm fine), I went to school and talked to the financial aid people about exactly how my scholarship-that-takes-effect-this-fall works, and then registered for classes. So yay, that's done, and now I can go from school freakouts to Worldcon-unpreparedness freakouts. Progress! :->