There are always plenty of ducks to photograph, but this one caught my eye today at Falmer. It’s a hybrid mallard (of which there are many), and it was enjoying a splashing good time in the sunshine.
I’m tempted to leave it at that for today, but I couldn’t resist this adding in this photo of a very grumpy looking young moorhen.
The final shot is rubbish, but it’s the first night photo of one of the new tribe of foxes that are visiting the garden nightly. It’s clearly a very shy (wise?) fox and wouldn’t come out from its cover while I was in the garden.
Camera note: all bird photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The fox was photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
dW
12 Apr 2014Ah … a stranger, then. I’m guessing we’ve lost Pretty for good … a pity, but that’s life.
Ducks, or at least all the ducks I’ve been able to watch, love to splash about. Not surprising, really.
Words
12 Apr 2014dW, yes I think Pretty has pretty much gone. You can never be quite certain. We’ve had foxes disappear for months and then show up as though nothing has happened. For the moment the new tribe seems to have pushed her out, which is a shame.
Darko
12 Apr 2014New fox means new opportunity to see some more foxes 😀
Words
12 Apr 2014Darko, that’s the theory, but the current lot are still very shy so it may take a while. Every year is different, so this one could turn out to be very quiet. We’ll see in time.