<\/span> <\/p>\nThen the foxes showed up. First it was the young male. He's picked up an injury on his right front leg. You can see the swelling in these shots. It's not hampering his movement and leg injuries are very much par for the course for a fox, so apart from monitoring him there's not much to be done. They're very stoic creatures. Handsome didn't stay for long. He's still quite wary, and the wind didn't help. Cheeky is quite the opposite. Bold (like her mother), and, well, cheeky! She can do the proper fox thing though when she wants to. Here she is peering round the edge of a rose bush giving a suitably severe stare. I'm looking forward to slightly improved weather over the next few days (the forecast is moderately promising). We'll see.
<\/span> Handsome<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span> Cheeky<\/span><\/p>\n
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro 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":[4,253],"tags":[1128],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-snail","tag-fox","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