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Birds in the Gloom, plus a night visitor

After the beautiful sunshine yesterday morning, today was more typical. Mist, a faint drizzle, and an overwhelming gloom was the order of the day. All of which means that I photographed very little, though there are a couple of images from early this morning that, despite the poor quality, have sufficient interest (to me at least) to be be included here.

The first is a little egret. Nothing too unusual about that, but I liked the juxtaposition with the mini forest of road traffic signs behind.

Little egret and traffic signs

The other bird from this morning was one of several I saw of this species. It’s a curlew. There were four or five that flew overhead, in the few minutes I was watching. The photo is poor, but the best I could manage in the conditions.

Curlew

The conditions were a little easier this evening when Pretty put in a welcome appearance. It’s a few days since I’ve seen her, but it she is still limping on her hind leg. It doesn’t look serious and I’m sure she’ll be back to her usual self in a few days.

Foxes

Camera note: egret and curlew photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox photo taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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Four Pretty Pictures (fox special)

Another beautiful early winter day. Cold, but clear skies and low sunshine that provided some beautiful light. All it needed was a fox, and luckily Pretty was on hand to complete the scene.

In this first shot she’s holding her rear leg up as she walks. Obviously a minor injury (she was using it most of the time), but she also has a small wound on her back, which suggests she’s been getting into a few scrapes as the dispersal season takes hold.

fox

Her brush is also looking a little ragged.

fox

She still a very pretty fox though.

fox

And quite contented too!

fox

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens.

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Some More from the Fox of the Day

Just a short follow up to yesterday’s post. These are a few more highlights from the Complete Fox of the Day collection.

A couple of my favourite photos from April 2007:

fox and white flowers

April 2007 Fox of the Day

Four pretty young fox cubs from back in 2006.

four fox cubs

The slightly tougher side of nature, both from May 2009.

Fox hunting rabbits

fox with rabbit

And, as we head into winter, possibly my absolute favourite as it took me so long to finally get a good shot of a snowy fox, this one from January 2011.

Fox in Snow

Tonight’s ‘Fox of the Day‘ is in the usual place.

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