{"id":2106,"date":"2011-11-10T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2106"},"modified":"2013-11-07T20:48:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T20:48:33","slug":"a-new-face-at-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-new-face-at-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Face at the Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

There was heavy mist about this morning, but by lunchtime the air had cleared and I was able to get out to Falmer Pond. The usual suspects were about, including numerous playful moorhens.
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And if you look closely at the first of those shots you'll see who the newcomer is. We seem to have acquired a coot. It was on its own, and is (as far as I can recall) the first one I've seen there. Here's a better shot.
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A small flock of pigeons was gathered on the 13th century barn behind the church. They were startled by an overflying kestrel (a large female).
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The kestrel flew on, no doubt searching for better hunting out in the fields. The black-headed gulls were staying local, hoping to be fed by the occasional passer-by. They were out of luck where I'm concerned, but still provided a few interesting shots.
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Nothing from the garden tonight. I did spy a pair of eyes lurking at the back of the garden, but they turned away as soon as they spotted me. A fox no doubt; but a shy one.
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Camera 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":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[378,1175,1152,1172,59],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-black-headed-gull","tag-coot","tag-kestrel","tag-moorhen","tag-pigeon","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