{"id":2224,"date":"2012-03-22T23:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T23:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2224"},"modified":"2013-11-06T20:23:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T20:23:23","slug":"duck-up-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/duck-up-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck up a Tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Having captured the relatively rare sight of ducks on a roo<\/a>f last week, I came across this pretty female mallard enjoying the early morning sunshine. She was perched on the boundary wall to the church.
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There's nothing unusual about that, but what she did next was a surprise. She flew up into the large tree that is usually one of the preferred roosts of the local jackdaws.
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She eventually dug her way into the tick ivy that clings to the tree. She'll have no problem getting down, but I do hope that she isn't choosing that spot (about 30' above ground level) for egg-laying. That could cause problems when she decides to lead the chicks to water! <\/p>\n

Back home we had a surprise visitor this evening. Yes, Shutterbug the fox made a brief call. Nice to see him again. He's started his moult, and looked tired but otherwise well.
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And to close, one more of the owls. This time another flight shot of the tawny, taken in the late afternoon light over more open ground.
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Camera note: duck shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens. The fox was photgraphed with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens, and the owl with the EF 200mm f\/2.8L II 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":[990,980,4,989],"tags":[1160,1128,848,1151],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-duck","tag-fox","tag-tawny-owl","tag-tree","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