{"id":20754,"date":"2014-05-22T23:27:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T22:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20754"},"modified":"2014-05-22T23:27:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T22:27:19","slug":"kestrel-plus-young-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kestrel-plus-young-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrel plus Young Rats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two short sequences from today. The first is of a kestrel at Sheepcote Valley early this morning. I stopped off there on my way to work, tramped around the valley for a while without seeing much of anything only to spot the kestrel hovering over the car park as I was about to leave. There was no time to follow it around, so just a couple of photos (nicely set off against the blue sky which conveniently emerged from behind the earlier cloud cover).<\/p>\n

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Back at Falmer Pond I think the great tits have fledged, and I think this is one of the youngsters. It was hopping around in the branches of a tree near the nest hole (which was quiet).<\/p>\n

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As for the rats, they too are busy breeding. They would be. They’re rats. Still, rats can be cute in a roguish sort of way.<\/p>\n

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Just checking the coast is clear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looks safe to me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Baby<\/a>
Are you feeling brave?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"eats\"<\/a>
Sorted!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two short sequences from today. The first is of a kestrel at Sheepcote Valley early this morning. I stopped off there on my way to work, tramped around the valley for a while without seeing much of anything only to spot the kestrel hovering over the car park as I was about to leave. There […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,990,980,781],"tags":[1202,57,1152,1183],"class_list":["post-20754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behaviour","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-rats","tag-fledgling","tag-great-tit","tag-kestrel","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