Country life

By Words | Published April 13, 2010

Beautiful sunshine, but a bitterly cold wind was the order of the day. I headed out to the local fields before work. I'm always hopeful of seeing a fox, but so far fortune hasn't been with me. The pheasants are there though.

And there are sheep in the fields…

And ponies…

I headed back there at lunchtime… a pair of partridges were taking a stroll, but too far off for a decent photo. The pheasants were at the far side of the field until they decided to take to the wing.

This evening, the goldfinches were back in the garden.

The tadpoles were tadpolling around in the pond.

And the bold vixen paused for a photograph with a friendly hedgehog.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The daylight shots were all with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The tadpoles were photographed with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens, and the vixen with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM.

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8 Comments

  1. gdare April 13, 2010 at 5:04 am #

    Crowded as usual, right? 😀

  2. SittingFox April 13, 2010 at 8:04 am #

    The tadpoles are coming along well :up:

  3. Words April 14, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Darko, the tadpoles? Yes, very crowded!

  4. Words April 14, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Adele, aren't they just!

  5. Words April 14, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Erwin, thanks!

  6. debplatt April 15, 2010 at 1:04 am #

    Loved the tadpoles!

  7. Words April 16, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Thanks Deb!

  8. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Great shots :up: