It was too good to last. The dry spell is over and it’s been raining solidly for several hours now. The week ahead looks mixed, which may be ok.
As for tonight’s blog, the title relates to the video which will come up in a moment. It features a badger making two trips into the garden during heavy rain (this was on Friday, I think). It’s limping heavily, which if nothing else shows that it’s not only foxes that suffer from minor leg injuries. The second badger clearly isn’t limping, and looks altogether leaner than the first one. The fox in the video is (I think) Shy Boy. I’ve not seen him for a while, but he makes up the fourth of our four garden foxes: Pretty, Nicked Ear, and the one with the mange-afflicted brush are the other three.
First though a couple of photos of Pretty. The first was taken in the early hours of Sunday morning when it was dry. The second just a few minutes ago in the rain.
Now the video.
Camera note: both photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
dW
3 Mar 2014Can’t make the vid work, Words.
Words
3 Mar 2014Hmmm… I see what you mean. I get start it by dragging the slider, but clearly not working as it should. I’ll see if re-uploading it makes a difference. Thanks for flagging!
Words
3 Mar 2014Hopefully it’s now working. If not, this is the direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uPsLpqJA0