{"id":1509,"date":"2009-10-25T23:10:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T23:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1509"},"modified":"2013-11-12T21:50:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T21:50:21","slug":"back-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/back-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Most of my wildlife watching this weekend was from the wheel of a car (that's the one time I don't have a camera at the ready, so no photos of the buzzards or kestrels that hug the fringes of the A23). But there was a low sun over the garden when we got back today, and a greenfinch was feeding on the mouse<\/s>bird-feeder.
<\/span> Greenfinch<\/span><\/p>\n

Overhead the gulls were circling, watching for predatory intruders. A kestrel flew by, but too far for more than a reference shot. The gulls proved better subjects as they came in to land on neighbouring rooftops.
<\/span> Gull<\/span><\/p>\n

The garden is relatively quiet at the moment, though the frogs are more in evidence at the moment. I think they may be politely requesting that I clear some leaves from the surface.
<\/span> Frog<\/span><\/p>\n

And a garden (well this garden) isn't complete without a fox.
<\/span> The Bold Vixen<\/span><\/p>\n

The weather forecast looks promising, and with the reversion to GMT the light should be that much better early in the morning for a few weeks more. I hope it stays clear.
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The birds were both taken with the EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens. The frog and fox were photographed with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens and Canon 430EX flash unit. <\/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":[980,4,86],"tags":[33,1128,1149],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-frog","tag-birds","tag-fox","tag-frog","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