Two of a kind

So many photos are of birds and animals on their own. Partly that's the habit of using a long lens and framing the shot to capture an isolated image, but occasionally the scene lends itself to showing more interaction. I came across these two dunnocks early on Friday morning.

With so many foxes locally, it's surprising how infrequently I photograph more than one. Tonight (Saturday) I was in luck. Three of the cubs were playing in the garden. Getting all three within shot proved beyond me; but two of a kind is a little easier.


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Camera note: all the dunnock shots were taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The fox cubs were photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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  1. debplatt

    16 May 2010

    Was that a mating display on the part of the male dunnock? I hope the female was suitably impressed. I especially liked the bottom dunnock one.

    The fox cubs look much more confident and at ease than they did at first.

  2. SittingFox

    16 May 2010

    Wonderful! They really have taken ownership of your garden 😀

  3. Words

    16 May 2010

    Deb, I don't think so. Dunnocks are fascinating. It's usually the female who displays, but it gets more complicated as she generally will mate with more than one male, though sometimes arrangement is reversed. The ritual tends to be at ground level.

  4. Words

    16 May 2010

    Adele, they certainly have. And the big news is that there are five of them (trail cam evidence up later). 😀

  5. SittingFox

    16 May 2010

    Oh wow! 😀

  6. Words

    16 May 2010

    Vulpes, thanks. I can see the garden is going to suffer from all those inquisitive paws.

  7. Vulpes vulpes

    16 May 2010

    Great shots! Adele is spot on with her comment – "this garden in MINE"! 😀

  8. gdare

    16 May 2010

    5? Wow!!! :eyes: :yes:

  9. Words

    17 May 2010

    Erwin, thanks!

  10. Words

    17 May 2010

    Adele/Darko… yes 5 could be a real handful!

  11. Cynthia23

    18 May 2010

    Fantastic photos!! Love the birds!

    @@ Oh, FIVE!
    WOW … now off to watch the trail cam footage. 🙂

  12. Words

    18 May 2010

    Yes five! Quite a little pack of them 😀

  13. cakkleberrylane

    19 May 2010

    Wonderful shots!

  14. Words

    20 May 2010

    Thanks Lois!

  15. Flying Red Fox Blog

    26 May 2010

    Very cool photos especially the cute cubs. 😀

  16. Words

    26 May 2010

    Thanks Mark!

  17. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Lovely Pict

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