Is it a cat? Is it a bird?

I have new neighbors in the apartment to the west of mine, the next balcony over.  This morning, as I, a little blurry eyed, walked out on my balcony to enjoy the early morning fresh air, I saw what looked like an owl perched on their balcony railing facing away from me.  As I watched, I began to think it looked more like a cat sitting there, shoulders hunched, ears perked up, balanced on the railing. I quietly slipped back into my apartment, not wanting to startle what ever was sitting there. I wasn't really worried about an owl, they can fly after all, but I certainly didn't want to be responsible for a cat taking a nose dive off a 10th floor balcony railing. A little later in the morning I went back out, wearing my glasses this time, to enjoy a cup of tea, and noticed that the cat/bird was still there. It hadn't moved at all.  Ok, I may be a little slow but I do get there eventually.  It finally dawned on me that the thing perched on the neighbor's balcony is an owl shaped "scarecrow" presumably perched there to keep pigeons off their balcony.  Does that make it a "scarepigeon"? I've only had one pigeon land on my balcony in the three years I've lived here, and that was to take shelter during a torrential downpour.  I didn't chase it away.  It left on it's own when the rain stopped.  I guess I won't be investing in a "scarepigeon" any time soon.