{"id":1483,"date":"2009-09-20T02:09:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T01:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1483"},"modified":"2013-11-13T00:20:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:20:28","slug":"badger-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/badger-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Badger encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I'm posting somewhat later than I'd intended. We've spent the past hour and a half out in the garden with the bold vixen. Once again she was napping at the bottom of the garden (I'm beginning to wonder how many photos of a sleeping fox I'll end up with), but this time a second fox made occasional forays at the rear of the garden clearly trying to figure out whether or not it should approach. It didn't, though it did edge forward a couple of times. Those photos will have to wait though… tonight is about the badger.<\/p>\n

I was in the garden earlier in the evening. I'd put some peanuts down by the trail cam, and was lingering about 15 feet away. I could hear noises in the undergrowth, and after a few minutes a shape emerged from the shadows.
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I held my breath, fully expecting her to retreat. But she didn't. The temptation of fresh peanuts was clearly too much for this badger to resist. She came forward, and started crunching noisily through the treat.
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She seems to be carrying the mark of a recent fight. There's a savage looking bite on her left shoulder. It looks quite nasty, and although I didn't sense that she was bothered by it the injury may account for her unusual boldness in her quest for food. Or she may just be getting used to me.
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She stayed fully three minutes (ok, it doesn't compare with the foxes), and departed by walking past me down the path and out through the front of the garden.
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Camera note: all shots taken 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":[994],"tags":[160],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-badger-wildlife","tag-badger-2","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