Freakish Weather!

Believe me it was a shock. We had blue skies and sunshine today. The temperatures were nothing to write home about, but it was a very welcome change from what we've been seeing lately. The first few shots were taken out in local fields early this morning. A fairly random selection of small and medium-sized birds…
Skylark

Whitethroat

Blackbird

Green woodpecker

And now for the nightly fox cub 😉

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Camera note: all birds taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox cub photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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  1. derWandersmann

    14 Jun 2012

    The skylark is a treasure, Words, and those fox cubs are incredibly photogenic. They don't really form packs, do they?

  2. gdare

    14 Jun 2012

    Fox cub is a star of the day… night 😀

  3. Words

    14 Jun 2012

    dW, thanks. The cubs will separate in time so won't form a pack as adults. The juveniles can sometimes be seen in groups, but generally foxes are lone hunters.

  4. Words

    14 Jun 2012

    Darko, thanks. He is a cute cub. 🙂

  5. 53north

    14 Jun 2012

    We used to get a cuckoo or two in the Lincs wolds – don't think I've heard a y this year..

  6. Words

    15 Jun 2012

    53north, I don't recall ever seeing a cuckoo. It's one bird I would live to see.

  7. 53north

    16 Jun 2012

    aye, there used to be one in every valley as I grew up in the 60's.

  8. SittingFox

    18 Jun 2012

    Very cute foxcub!

    Cuckoos are very difficult. I've seen one flying overhead here in Norfolk (no photo) and also perched on a signpost in Scotland (but the camera wouldn't focus through the windscreen).

  9. Weatherlawyer

    18 Jun 2012

    Originally posted by Words:

    53north, I don't recall ever seeing a cuckoo. It's one bird I would love to see.

    I have only seen one. That was a long time ago.

    I thought it was an hawk.

  10. Words

    20 Jun 2012

    Weatherlawyer, I saw a documentary on them which talked about the hawk-like plumage. The theory is that it helps them approach nests (other birds scatter).

  11. Words

    20 Jun 2012

    Adele, I presume we did see them occasionally when I was younger (though I wouldn't have taken much notice then). Or am I thinking of Swiss clocks?

  12. SittingFox

    20 Jun 2012

    Originally posted by Words:

    Or am I thinking of Swiss clocks?

    😆

  13. derWandersmann

    20 Jun 2012

    Schwarzwald Souvenirs.

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