{"id":1358,"date":"2009-04-08T00:04:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1358"},"modified":"2013-11-14T22:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T22:32:06","slug":"conflict-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/conflict-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

A short sequence – taken from too far away – of a buzzard being chased by a crow.
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The crow was definitely the victor in this encounter with its much larger competitor for carrion. The buzzard eventually gave up and took shelter in the trees. <\/p>\n

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Not all animals are as difficult to spot. Indeed some love the camera. This pretty horse trotted over to the fence as I was walking past, and all but insisted on being photographed. I was happy to oblige.<\/p>\n

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Back at home, the foxes are still being evasive, the hedgehog is making regular forays across the garden, and the tadpoles are finally swimming free.
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Camera note: all daytime shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The tadpole was photographed with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,167,278],"tags":[179,44,1155,1167],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-horse","category-tadpole","tag-buzzard","tag-crow","tag-horse","tag-tadpole","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