<\/span> Black-headed gull<\/span><\/p>\nEven less common in residential areas are fieldfares, but as I was crossing the park (it's just a small park), I noticed something fly overhead and grabbed a very quick shot. The photo had me searching through my field guides to check the identification, but I think I've got it right. Fieldfares are desperately shy birds and only come near inhabited areas when food is scarce. So a nice surprise. I've spent today sorting through last night's fox photos. Here are a couple more… It's been snowing again this evening, and although more snow is forecast for tomorrow it looks as though things may improve over the next few days, with the temperature getting back above zero. So I may even be able to get the car moving again by the middle of the week. We'll have to see.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The birds were photographed with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens, and the fox with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM 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":[980,4,16],"tags":[33,1128,1136],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-snow","tag-birds","tag-fox","tag-snow","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