I always have a camera nearby when I look out the windows or doors. I have been known to quietly step back into the house to grab a camera. Sometimes it works out.It must be the time of the year for owls to show up. I hadn't seen one for a long time but the other morning around sunrise a great horned owl was sitting on my deck railing. When I opened the sliding door to look at it, it just looked back at me. Still sitting there when I went back inside.
Where was my camera when I needed it!