Heat!

Well it's arrived, though I have no idea how long it will last. Summer, that is. We enjoyed another blazing day, with just a touch of a breeze. It was a day for not doing much, and that certainly seemed to be the theme down at the pond where a pair of terrapins (non-native) were basking in the sunshine.

The geese, sensibly staying close to the cooling shade of the trees, were enjoying a very lazy day. Here's the large white goose at lunchtime.

And a much younger greylag, even more firmly in the land of nod.

The foxes are still mainly being evasive. The two vixens are in and out a lot during the night (sometimes together), and on a couple of occasions a single cub has shown up. I suspect they may have moved the den, though they are still fairly close judging from the volume of territorial calling that goes on. I think I may also have identified a fourth adult fox on last night's footage.

Of course, Shutterbug still comes and goes as he pleases. He caught me by surprise this evening, not so much that he was in the garden but the size of the prize he was carrying home. Someone is clearly being very generous to the local foxes.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens, apart from the fox which was taken with the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens.

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This Post Has 11 Comments

  1. derWandersmann

    26 May 2012

    Wow! Where do you suppose he got that? Party in the den tonight!
    The sleepy birds are wonderful, Words.

  2. derWandersmann

    26 May 2012

    An apt pupil of the Artful Dodger?

  3. gdare

    26 May 2012

    It was either someone's generosity or his dexterity 😀

  4. SittingFox

    26 May 2012

    I was expecting constant rain upon my return but…it's quite hot out there, I have to agree. My English-based classmates have caught the sun as much as I did in Sask!

    Cute shot of the gosling 🙂

  5. Words

    28 May 2012

    Darko, I'm fairly sure it was the former. :chef:

  6. Words

    28 May 2012

    Adele, the weather has certainly taken a turn for the better. We'll soon all be complaining that it is far too hot. 😀

  7. Words

    28 May 2012

    dW, someone locally must be putting that out for him. He's carried similar 'prey' through the garden before so I know this is a semi-regular thing.

    Sleeping animals are always worth a photo. :zzz:

  8. SittingFox

    28 May 2012

    I'll start. It's too hot :ko:

  10. Words

    28 May 2012

    dW, 😀

  11. Words

    28 May 2012

    Originally posted by SittingFox:

    I'll start. It's too hot

    LOL! I don't disagree 🙂

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