{"id":1885,"date":"2011-03-26T00:03:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1885"},"modified":"2013-11-09T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T17:14:49","slug":"to-camouflage-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/to-camouflage-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"To camouflage or not…"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Another glorious day, and another chance to head out to the fields before work. In the trees the yellowhammers were displaying their vibrant plumage.
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You'd think such brightly coloured birds would be visible wherever they were. Not so. There are two yellowhammers in this next shot (plus a chaffinch).<\/span> <\/p>\n

I've marked the difficult to see bird here. Extremely well camouflaged from above, which with the number of raptors in the vicinity is no bad thing.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Hidden in woodland, the green woodpecker is another bird that can easily evade being seen, its colours blending perfectly with the dappled light and variable leaf colour. It also has an annoying habit of creeping round to the far side of trees. It can however always be heard (it has a piercingly loud call) and it was its call that caught my attention this morning. And then, joy of joys, it broke cover, flying over open land.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Back at ground level, a lone squirrel was foraging in a ploughed field.<\/span> <\/p>\n

And finally, for no reason at all, a very poor joke…<\/span> Why did the rabbit cross the road?
It was hopping to get to the other side.<\/i><\/span>
\n\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
\nCamera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM 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":[980,8,50],"tags":[222,1130,1141,471],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-rabbit","category-squirrel","tag-green-woodpecker","tag-rabbit","tag-squirrel","tag-yellowhammer","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