{"id":1560,"date":"2010-01-15T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1560"},"modified":"2013-11-11T23:16:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T23:16:52","slug":"winter-visitors-redwings-and-fieldfares-and-a-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/winter-visitors-redwings-and-fieldfares-and-a-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter visitors (redwings and fieldfares… and a fox)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The roads are almost back to normal, but the remains of the snow are still sitting on open ground and even the shy species of bird are venturing into the more populated areas in search of food. Among these are redwings and fieldfares, and – according to reports – waxwings (though I've not been fortunate enough to catch sight of one). There were plenty of redwings and fieldfares though. I took these shots at lunchtime, in fairly awkward light.<\/p>\n

You can spot a redwing by the colour on the underside of the wing.
<\/span> Redwing<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Redwing in flight<\/span><\/p>\n

Redwings often flock with their larger cousins, the fieldfare (both are members of the thrush family).
<\/span> Fieldfare<\/span><\/p>\n

With the snow fast diminishing, I made an extra effort to keep an eye on the garden this evening. The shy dog fox ran across the rear of the garden (successfully reaching cover before I could photograph him), but the bold vixen is rather more cooperative. Just one shot for now, but there will be more to follow.
<\/span> The bold vixen<\/span>
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, except the photo of the vixen which once again taken 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":[512,1128,395,1136],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-snow","tag-fieldfare","tag-fox","tag-redwing","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