ANOTHER VISIT FROM THE RESIDENT GBH

I FIRST SPOTTED THIS YOUNG ADULT AROUND 7AM. I WRESTLED WHETHER TO RUN AND GRAB MY TELEPHOTO AND TRY TO TAKE A FEW SHOTS. WOULD I BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET A GOOD PIC, OR WOULD I BE GREETED WITH EXPECTED DISAPPOINTMENT WATCHING IT FLY AWAY AS I GOT THERE? AFTER MUCH DEBATE, I OF COURSE SCRAMBLED TO GET MY CAMERA AND RAN STEALTHY TO GET AS CLOSE AS I COULD. LO & BEHOLD, IT WAS STILL THERE… I SAT DOWN QUIETLY AND SQUEEZED OFF A BUNCH OF GOOD SHOTS. THEN CAME THE NEXT EXERCISE IN PATIENCE… WAITING FOR THE INEVITABLE MOMENT WHEN IT WOULD SPREAD ITS 8 FOOT WING SPAN AND TAKE FLIGHT. SO I SAT… AND I SAT… AND I SAT… UNTIL THE DAMNED SPRINKLERS CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND I HAD TO BEAT A HASTY RETREAT TO KEEP MY CAMERA DRY. I LOOKED BACK OVER MY SHOULDER TO SEE IF IT WAS STILL THERE… OF COURSE NOT… GONE.