There are absolutely situations where I would pull the trigger here, but the wandering tattler can wait until next year

This is in Seattle too, which has decent bus routes. But this bird is on the other side of town and would require at least two bus rides and a decent bit of walking to reach. At the time I’d be able to leave, I would estimate taking close to two hours on the bus one way with commuter traffic

This sounds eggscellent, but I can get much MUCH lazier than this