The brief glimpse of summer that we enjoyed yesterday has vanished behind a day of mists and rain. At least I was up early enough to catch the only moderately clear part of the day, which is when I took this shot of a young and very angry crow screaming for some breakfast. The beleaguered parent is seemingly resigned to doing just that.
Just along from this raucous scene, the family of young ducklings were altogether more demure.
The rains came soon after that, and are still with us. Tomorrow looks not much better (or possibly, worse). If you've wondered what a very wet fox cub looks like, here's Rough-Ear from tonight. 
And just a reminder to keep an eye on my Fox of the Day, and if you fancy a lengthy browse there are now over 2,500 foxes of the day at the complete fox of the day collection, dating back to June 2005.
Camera note: all bird shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
chthoniid
3 Jul 2012Poor fox. The expression on his face says it all.
derWandersmann
3 Jul 2012We could use a little of that rain over here, for sure. I'd be happy to go out in it and get just as wet as Rough-Ear.
SittingFox
3 Jul 2012That is one unhappy cub. On the other hand, having being born into such a wet year, perhaps he doesn't know what he's missing.
derWandersmann
3 Jul 2012He could use a good toweling, and maybe a blow-dry.
Words
3 Jul 2012Hi Chthoniid! The fox's face says exactly what we all think about this excuse of a summer. The wettest June in around 150 years, and July is promising more of the same. I'm looking forward to the world's first aquatic Summer Olympics.
chthoniid
3 Jul 2012Originally posted by Words:
Well, it has been pretty wet here in NZ too, flash floods yesterday in Auckland. And with winter, also cold. But it's winter, so at least we have an excuse 🙂
Words
3 Jul 2012dW, that is so tempting! He probably would enjoy it. 😀
Words
3 Jul 2012dW, please feel free to come and take as much rain as you like. We won't object!
Words
3 Jul 2012Adele, they were very quiet last night. Even when the rain stops we tend to be shrouded in damp mists up here (generally low cloud as we're about 500' above sea level).
gdare
4 Jul 2012Fox`s face says: This is sooo wrong :awww:
Words
5 Jul 2012Darko, and it goes on and on like this 🙁