<\/span><\/p>\nToday, they were quite sleepy :zzz: The squirrels, on the other hand, were as lively as can be, busy putting on weight for winter. This first one caught me by surprise. I heard a noise coming from the bottom of a rubbish bin, peered in, and this little thing jumped out. And this one was defending its nuts against all comers! While yet another of the clan decided that a seat at the high table was the order of the day. And that would have been that… except as I was leaving the park I was startled by a mass of pigeons taking to the wing. Usually the cause is obvious… someone scattering seed for them; but not this time. This time I looked up, and high above the London skyline two peregrines were circling. I'm using a 200mm lens for my London shots (It's reasonably portable and about an ideal length for most of the park inhabitants), so this is a massively aggressive crop. Better than nothing though. To close though, I'll use the most familiar of all the familiar faces: Bold, curled up in a corner of the garden.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM, except the fox which was photographed with the 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":[990,4,50,989],"tags":[1128,302,1141,339],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-foxes","category-squirrel","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-fox","tag-peregrine","tag-squirrel","tag-swan","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