{"id":1778,"date":"2010-11-17T23:11:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T23:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1778"},"modified":"2013-11-10T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T10:38:40","slug":"once-again-a-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/once-again-a-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Again, a Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It's been well over a week since I'd seen a fox in the garden, and without a trail cam to monitor what I don't see it's been a little frustrating. But tonight changed that. A new trail cam arrived today (a Bushnell Trophy, for those interested) and it's outside now doing its stuff (I hope). I'll see whether I set it up properly tomorrow. Even better news is that while I was standing out in the rain, Bold decided to put in an appearance.
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Yes, she's wet (so was I), but what really caught my eye was that the dark patches that she sported all last winter have returned. I think I first noticed them late December last year, so this year they've appeared about a month earlier. Either it's a physical thing (hormones?), or it's connected with wherever she builds her den; and if that's the case, then I presume it will be in the same location as last year. And no, I don't know where it is. Still, she was looking well, and despite the awful weather was in no hurry to leave.
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One thing you can say about foxes is that do help keep the rodent population down. Regent's Park clearly is suffering from a vulpine shortage.
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Though I am getting plenty of photos of an animal I'd scarcely seen before, let alone been able predict and start to plan and compose shots.
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Camera note: the rat shots were taken with the EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM. The fox was photographed 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":[4,781],"tags":[1128,1183],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-rats","tag-fox","tag-rat","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