Overburdened and Under photographed.

A lotta lens. A lotta camera.
A tripod, and
A heavy jacket.
Can slow a determined photographer down.

So, when Nmbr-1 texted,
He’d found a cooperative Kingfisher,
I looked ahead to the quarter mile I’d have to walk.
Decided the bird would fly before I got there.

I stayed on the bridge searching,
Hoping to see a Reddish Egret.
Another text,
Said Egret landed near the Kingfisher.

I lumbered up the hill and down the dirt path.
Only to get there just before old Red flew away.
Nmbr-1 snagged some terrific images.

The moral.
Pretty obvious, as always.

Travel light.