Some new faces at the pond… and a couple of trail cam treats

This is by way of a catch-up post, the previous one having been dominated by the surprise visit of the fox in the late afternoon. I've got some video of that as well which I'll upload tomorrow. Meanwhile there have been some good sightings at Falmer pond, including the arrival on Friday of a lone Canada goose.

I also saw, but didn't photograph, the incongruous sight of a greater spotted woodpecker standing next to a heron. The woodpecker retreated to a nearby before I could get the camera lined up.

The goslings are doing well… this is one of the second clutch.

The older goslings have transformed into juvenile geese.

Among all the water fowl and usual suspects there was one other bird worth reporting. It's my first photo of one, and although it could easily be mistaken for a much more common bird this is in fact a stock dove.

Now to the videos… the first is from Thursday night and is very short (even with an 'extended' slo-mo sequence added). This is a truly close encounter with a night-flying bat.

Now for the main event. It's in two parts, the first taken at night shows the cub with one of the adult foxes. The tempting food is simply a pile of peanuts, but the young cub is very determined that those peanuts are his peanuts and no-one else's peanuts. Note the effective use of his rear end to push the adult away. The second part is some early morning footage (in colour).


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens, except the stock dove which was taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Trailcam footage by the Bushnell Trophy Cam.

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This Post Has 7 Comments

  1. gdare

    5 Jun 2011

    Those peanuts must have been special 😆

  2. Words

    5 Jun 2011

    Erwin, thanks. The trail cam may be the only way I see a cub this year.

  3. Words

    5 Jun 2011

    Darko, I think they had his name written on them 😀

  4. gdare

    6 Jun 2011

    Ah, that`s it :doh: 😛

  5. SittingFox

    9 Jun 2011

    That woodpecker is a fledgling (red cap). Perhaps it is still confused about what species it is 😉

    I always respect a trailcam that can catch a bat! 😆

  6. Words

    9 Jun 2011

    Adele, that makes sense about the woodpecker. It wasn't as flighty as the adults tend to be.

    I see you're getting some good captures on your trailcam too.

  7. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Great Video Clips and lovely photos :up:

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