Wren (and more fox in snow video)

The snow is slowly melting, but the chances are that we'll have another fall tomorrow (Sunday), possibly heavier than on Friday. Warm air is travelling up from France and (so I understand) it will gather moisture as it crosses the Channel and drop the lot on the southern part of the country as it hits land. Which means us. :psmurf:

Today was just cold, and icy underfoot. This was taken in the early hours of Saturday morning.

And this towards the middle of the day. It gives a reasonable impression of how bleak the Downs can become.

I wasn't fortunate enough to see any more foxes during the day, but a pretty little wren did pause in the garden just long enough for a couple shots.

The trail camera never sleeps. The foxes were in and out of the garden for most of the night . This is a small selection.

Camera note: night shot taken with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens. All other shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.

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This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. derWandersmann

    20 Jan 2013

    Nice landscapes, Words, and the wren, as wrens are, was a welcome sight. The snow really blows out in the trailcam pictures, doesn't it? What a pity there's no auto exposure correction. Even the daylight one … the fox is too dark.
    Are they finding peanuts (or whatever you've put out) underneath the snow? I know they mostly hunt by sound, but they should be able to smell them through the snow.
    You need one of those WWII lard barrels that just washed up on the Scottish coast … they didn't say, but I fancy it's somewhere around Findhorn.

  2. SittingFox

    20 Jan 2013

    The small birds seem very active right now. I haven't seen any wrens here though – nice spot :up:

  3. Wulpen

    20 Jan 2013

    A Great Post and very nice Pict

  4. Words

    21 Jan 2013

    Adele, thanks! You may not have seen any wrens, but you have had some pretty good sightings on your feeders.

  5. Words

    21 Jan 2013

    dW, there's not a huge amount I can do with the trailcam. I could reduce the IR lights which might help with blow-outs but the crude editing tools I have don't allow for much in the way of correction. There are indeed peanuts under there. I've not tried fat-balls though I'm sure they'd like them.

  6. Words

    21 Jan 2013

    Erwin, thanks!

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