It's the time of year when the young are arriving and parents are busy. Some are feeding their offspring…
Others, like these house martins are gathering nest material…
And yet others are collecting worms for hungry mouths.
Later, after the sun has gone down…
… the young foxes come out to play.
… and to pose.
But what young foxes like best is this…
Camera note: all daylight shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox cubs photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
derWandersmann
4 May 2013Great! Delightful shots and vid.
claudeb
4 May 2013Magnificent sunset, and cute critters are always. Nothing we make can measure up to nature… I wonder if that will ever change.
Words
4 May 2013dW, thanks! I was pleased to get some daylight footage.
Words
4 May 2013Felix, I don't think we can really compete. Nature has such a wonderfully rich palette. The photos can never do them justice. All we can do is approximate the breadth, variety and sheer creativity of the natural world.
SittingFox
5 May 2013Another beautiful blog. I haven't seen many house martins over here, but I suppose they will turn up!
Words
8 May 2013Adele, I'm sure you'll have house martins soon. A load more pitched up here over the weekend.