{"id":848,"date":"2007-05-21T00:05:20","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T23:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/848"},"modified":"2013-11-25T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:48:11","slug":"feeding-starlings-rampant-flies-and-a-stocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/feeding-starlings-rampant-flies-and-a-stocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding starlings, rampant flies, and a stocking!"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

This is a bit of a mixed bag tonight. The starlings are very active at the moment feeding their broods. Starlings are probably the noisiest of our garden birds, with a wide array of song, ranging from clicking and general 'chattering' to swooping whistles.There are several new photos of them in the May Birds<\/a> album, including these.<\/p>\n

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Juvenile starling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Adult starling with food for the brood<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

I must admit it's strange what you notice once you've got a camera in your hand. I'd never given much thought to insect mating habits (well why would I), but these days I keep my eyes open for new insects or unusual behaviour. Anyway, today's insect shot comes with a 'mature audience' warning:<\/p>\n

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There are several more new photos (of butterflies and moths) in the Butterflies and Bugs album.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

As for the foxes, well still no sightings of cubs, though I did spot a fox trotting between gardens about half a mile away from here this afternoon. No camera though :(. And the back of the garden has undergone further excavations. The pile of soil by the entrance to what seems to be an unused earth has grown again.
<\/span> Entrance to the earth<\/span><\/p>\n

And what's more, bizarre gifts have started appearing outside the entrance. Now either this is a present for a vixen, or we have a family of bank robbing foxes living nearby. I really wouldn't want to hazard which.
<\/span>Stocking<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Well I had to end on a fox… from this afternoon.<\/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],"tags":[33,1128,107],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","tag-birds","tag-fox","tag-insects","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