{"id":2613,"date":"2013-05-27T00:05:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T23:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2613"},"modified":"2013-10-31T23:58:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T22:58:41","slug":"fox-portraits-and-other-garden-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/fox-portraits-and-other-garden-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Portraits and other Garden Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Two sunny days in a row is something special, and once again most of the day was spent tidying up the garden. Naturally I took the camera out with me, and so it wasn't all work. <\/p>\n

I'll start with the worst shot (quality-wise) and work up from there. I'd seen a sparrowhawk fly over mid-morning, but more surprising (as they rarely fly over our garden) was a kestrel. It was some way off, and flying high until it dropped into a steep dive. I caught this shot just before it disappeared behind some trees.
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Yesterday I cleaned out the pond. Today, the damselflies were taking advantage.
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There were a few butterflies, including a holly blue (no decent photo as they are ridiculously small and none settled anywhere close enough for workable shot), and a persistent (maybe more than one) orange tip. This is the male, with its distinctive wing markings.
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As for the rest, yes foxes. or to be precise, fox cubs. They are now exactly 3 months old (born 26th February), and are growing fast. They are also getting into scrapes and this pretty little fox is sporting a minor head wound. It seems to be healing ok though.
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That was mid afternoon. Later on, as the light improved, a second fox cub emerged and patiently let me track it around the garden.
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Chances are I'll be working in the garden again tomorrow. \ud83d\ude09
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Camera note: damselfly close-up and orange tip butterfly taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens. Everything else was taken with the 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":[15,990,980,992,77,4,991,3],"tags":[1144,1142,1170,1128,1152],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behaviour","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-butterfly-insects-2","category-dragonfly","category-foxes","category-insects-2","category-wildlife","tag-butterfly","tag-cub","tag-damselfly","tag-fox","tag-kestrel","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