{"id":1672,"date":"2010-07-13T00:07:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T23:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1672"},"modified":"2013-11-10T18:33:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T18:33:46","slug":"ponds-and-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/ponds-and-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponds and Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

After photographing so many dragonflies I decided to visit the local 'duck pond' today. Part of the reason for the change in location was the overnight rain (much needed), which will have left the dragonfly pond excessively muddy. Not ideal for lying prone on the ground to get down to water level. The duck pond is rather more sedate, and I wasn't disappointed. Some very young ducklings were taking to the water.
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The moorhens were unusually cooperative today.
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And I even spotted a slightly more exotic creature basking in the weak sun :whistle:
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A few more showers this evening (the garden needs them), and a brief visit by Cheeky, the young vixen.
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Camera note: all pond shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The fox close-up was taken with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS 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":[4,638,989],"tags":[1142,1176,1128,1172,1189],"class_list":["post-1672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-terrapin","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-cub","tag-duckling","tag-fox","tag-moorhen","tag-terrapin","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