Cock-a-doodle-do!

I generally encounter the usual array of city animal critters (squirrels, birds) each morning during my walk to the 'el station at 35th Street. Today's walk brought me to one my most unusal encounters. As I headed down Leavitt on this glorious Friday, out of the corner of my eye I noticed the movement of a brownish-redish figure in a gangway a few feet ahead. I figured it was just a cat, but, as I walked by, I turned my head to see what it was and there stood a BIG rooster. I think he was startled by me as well because he turned around and headed toward the back yard of the home he was trespassing on.