Given the unpredictable nature of assignments, I don't always get home on time for dinner with the family.  But it is my goal.

Sometimes I feel squeezed between my professional and familial roles.  Such was the case when, homeward bound after an assignment, I saw this snack-time scene on a golf course.  Do I have time to stop and shoot?  Hmm ... the light is awful nice ...  but the kids are waiting.  What if there is traffic?  Oh, what the heck.

I slapped a 2x teleconverter on my camera, followed by a telephoto zoom.  I shot quickly, under the watchful eye of the adult bird on the left, and then made it home on time!