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A short in-flight sequence.

green woodpecker

green woodpecker

green woodpecker

I grabbed these three frames at lunchtime. The sky was overcast (we had a downpour later in the afternoon), and I'd seen the woodpecker a short way ahead of me. As is their tendency, it took to the wing before I'd even spotted where it had come down to ground level. But for once my luck was in as it flew away from the trees and instead climbed up and over a nearby rooftop.

A frog spawn update is due soon (they are coming along nicely) but for now here's another trail cam of the fox. I'm still using small amounts of food to bring him in line with camera, but I imagine he has plenty of mouths to feed right now. In part of the sequence you can see him caching something for later. The sequences were shot over three nights earlier in the week. I'm still catching up with the past couple of nights or so.

Edit: I've just realized that I posted some of the same footage the other night, so feel free to fast forward to about half-way!



Trail Cam Fox 18-20/3/2009.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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  1. cakkleberrylane

    24 Mar 2009

    Very nice, the way you caught the various position of the woodpecker's wings. The fox at night is really interesting. The hedgehog at the beginning is like a little ghost!

  2. SittingFox

    24 Mar 2009

    That is a greyhound of a fox – his legs are thin, his muzzle is thin, and he looks rather tall.

    You did well to catch the woodpecker! Lately I've been seeing them and then not seeing them, almost simultaneously :rolleyes:

  3. Words

    24 Mar 2009

    Thanks Lois. Those three frames of the woodpecker cover maybe half a second, so quite a slow wing beat. The trail cam is at least letting me see what goes on at night. The foxes are late night creatures this year.

  4. Words

    24 Mar 2009

    Adele, I think the trail cam isn't doing his head justice. It seemed much broader in the few proper shots I've managed. If they start coming round a bit earlier I'll start trying to get real photos. I think his height is due to the camera being quite low down, and a slightly peculiar perspective. But better than nothing which is what I had been managing, and it will let me know if we have any cubs visiting (no signs yet).

  5. cakkleberrylane

    24 Mar 2009

    Words, just as a matter of interest, what time do your foxes arrive at night? The reason I ask is that we've had something – I thought it was a fox, in fact I was sure it was a red fox. He started coming around about 4:30 or 5pm and took a lot of my chickens. He was even so bold as to jump over a 5 foot fence, grab my little Dovey and took her back over the fence. We saw him the next morning, but my husband thought it was a red wolf.

  6. Words

    25 Mar 2009

    Lois, sorry to hear about your chickens 🙁 As for our foxes, the current crop are late nighters (between 11pm and 4am), but in the past we've had them visit at all times, and certainly late afternoon or early evening is possible. They are also out and about early mornings. This time of year they are likely to be hunting food to feed their young (normally born early March), so are probably more active across the hours than usual.

  7. Flying Red Fox Blog

    25 Mar 2009

    Very good photos and video 😀

  8. Words

    25 Mar 2009

    Thanks Mark!

  9. cakkleberrylane

    27 Mar 2009

    Thanks for the information. I don't know that we can do much to discourage him so I'm just keeping the chickens locked up tight.

  10. Words

    27 Mar 2009

    That' s probably all you can do other that put steel mesh at the top of the fencing.

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