{"id":1085,"date":"2008-03-06T00:03:23","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1085"},"modified":"2013-11-22T22:42:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T22:42:50","slug":"a-quick-fox-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-quick-fox-update\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick fox update"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It's just over a week since I last posted about the foxes. Generally it's been quiet, with the old dog fox being the mainstay although I've had the odd glimpse of one of the vixens. And one more leisured appearance on the 26th.
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When the old dog fox reappeared in the garden late last autumn<\/a> he seemed to have a small injury or infection around his left eye. It was slightly weepy, but over the last three months it had cleared up and I hadn't really given it any more thought. That is until tonight. I was out by the pond photographing the frog spawn when he showed up. He was in fine fettle apart from a half-closed left eye.
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On closer inspection (praise be for zoom lenses and digital cropping, because otherwise the odds of seeing much at night are slim) the eye doesn't appear to be injured, although there is some discharge in the corner. One to keep an eye on (pardon the pun).
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Meanwhile the frogs have gone quiet. After the frenzy of breeding they remained active for a few days but now have all but disappeared again. I see the odd head surfacing in the pond, but none of the frantic behaviour of last week.
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Camera note: the vixen was photographed with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens; tonight's fox, and the frogs, with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM.<\/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":[4,86],"tags":[1128,41],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-frog","tag-fox","tag-frogs","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