{"id":402,"date":"2007-03-02T22:03:52","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T22:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/402"},"modified":"2013-11-27T21:50:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T21:50:36","slug":"an-early-glimpse-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/an-early-glimpse-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"An early glimpse of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There was a brief period today when it seemed that Spring had really arrived. Blue skies and sunshine, with just a slight wintry bite in the breeze. This being England, the good weather didn&#39;t last and we are back to a steady rain this evening. Still, it was beautiful for while today and I managed to get out at lunchtime for a trek into the wooded area on the edge of the fields. <\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of activity in the undergrowth (rabbits I think), but always too fast for the camera. And I noticed a faintly familiar smell in the air which makes me think that I&#39;ve stumbled upon an area where there may be foxes. I didn&#39;t see any, but I&#39;ve made a note of the area and will re-visit over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>One of the pleasures of going out with a camera is capturing a new subject, and today was I in luck. As I reached the fields I spotted a pair of pheasants in the distance. I&#39;ve learned the hard way that when you see something new you photograph first and find a decent vantage point later for a better shot. You may not get the opportunity again. I&#39;m glad I did as I managed only two frames (of one of them) before they were off. <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/pheasant_0203075146.jpg' \/><\/span> <span class=\"aligncenter\">My first pheasant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/horse_0203075156.jpg' \/><\/span> <span class=\"aligncenter\">Meanwhile a horse was grazing at the rear of the same field.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rabbits_0203075154.jpg' \/><\/span> <span class=\"aligncenter\">Eventually I was able to grab a couple of rabbits racing along the field boundary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/crow_0203075168.jpg' \/><\/span> <span class=\"aligncenter\">I also saw plenty of crows<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And as for the foxes, well this has been a relatively quiet week. Just a fleeting glimpse of the young male a few nights ago, and occasional visits from the dog fox who thankfully seems to be recovering well from his mange, though as you can see in this photo his brush is quite pitiful.<\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/fox_0103075126.jpg' \/><\/span> <span class=\"aligncenter\">Last night<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Looking at that last photo made me think about how he was when we first saw him, back in early 2005.<\/p>\n<p><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/foxclose.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">The dog fox in early 2005 was in a poor state, with signs of mange. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how he recovers over the next weeks and months. We didn&#39;t treat him in 2005, but by the end of the year he was looking absolutely splendid. <\/p>\n<p><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/fox0210023.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Full brush and winter coat, October 2005.<\/span><\/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":[980,4,167,67,8],"tags":[33,1128,1155,1130],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-horse","category-mange","category-rabbit","tag-birds","tag-fox","tag-horse","tag-rabbit","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}