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Splashing Duck (and a couple of treats)

April 10, 2014 by Words | 4 Comments

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.

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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.

Grumpy moorhen chick

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.

Shy fox at the rear of 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.

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Fox! In Garden!

April 2, 2014 by Words | 4 Comments

Ok, it’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken of a fox but it’s the first one since the sudden disappearance of Pretty who was last seen about there and a half weeks ago. We’ve had plenty of trail camera activity of other foxes (a clip is included below), but the new group of foxes very much keep themselves to themselves. We know there are young mouths to feed (the vixen on the trail camera is lactating), but no physical sign of them yet. I’m sure they must be close by so things may get more active in the coming weeks.

This fox appeared early evening at the far end of the garden. The photos were taken through the window.

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Just two other photos from today, both taken this morning at Falmer Village. The first is a duck on a wall, contemplating the fothcoming exhibition being advertised on the church noticeboard 😉

Duck on wall reading poster on church noticeboard

The second shot is a silhouette of a blackbird foot-stomping on a gravestone!

Blackbird on gravestone

Now the video clip. The lactating vixen appears in the second and third sequences. It starts with a badger.

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Duck Goose Sheep

March 31, 2014 by Words | Comments Off

Not a great deal to set pulses racing today, just a few portrait-style shots (if a flying duck counts as a portrait).

Mallard duck in flight

This greylag goose adopted a more conventional pose.

Greylag goose

And now the sheep, one of a small flock in the field at the edge of the car park at work.

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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