{"id":1043,"date":"2008-01-11T23:01:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1043"},"modified":"2013-11-23T00:54:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T00:54:03","slug":"i-spoke-too-soon-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/i-spoke-too-soon-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"I spoke too soon last night"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Last night's post opens with the words "It's been a quiet week here fox-wise". Within half an hour of typing that, the foxes decided to prove a point. At around midnight I peered outside and saw some movement near the rear of the garden.
<\/span> Look to the far left<\/span><\/p>\n

Even from a distance the cautious movement indicated that this was one of the vixens. Taking care not to startle her I ventured further into garden and was rewarded with her pausing briefly before disappearing through the fence.
<\/span> The shy vixen<\/span><\/p>\n

On closer examination of the photo it turned out to be the vixen with the distinctive nick in her ear. I've relatively few pictures of her, but there are some better ones in this entry<\/a> from the end of last year. As she vanished through the fence I turned to go inside. Unnoticed, the old dog fox had been lurking near the washing pole (just a few feet away from where I'd been standing).
<\/span> <\/p>\n

As ever, he explored the garden. Judging by the look of him he was none too impressed with some of the changes.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

Throughout, I could here the vixen moving on the far side of the fence. She didn't reappear, though she did attract the old fox's attention.
<\/span> Listening to the vixen<\/span><\/p>\n

And that was more or less that! He took the most direct route out of the garden.
<\/span>Exeunt<\/span><\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1128],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","tag-fox","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t