My OperaAutumn colour
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:50:01 PM
We are being blessed by a late burst of summer. The temperature is mild, the skies blue (most of the time), and the autumnal colours are vibrant.
Autumn colour
The day had in fact begun with greying overcast skies, and a touch of rain in the air, so it was welcome bonus to find the sun out at lunchtime. The cattle were out in the fields, and at least one young male was feeling rather frisky.
Cattle
Others were behaving rather more sedately, sheltering in the shade of the trees.
In the distance a kestrel cut across the edge of the woods.
I followed. It settled in the tree and then rose again to hover. I debated whether to move across to get closer or to watch and wait. I waited. And I was rewarded when the kestrel tired of its hunting patch and swept across the fields to the wooded area on the far side of the valley.
Kestrel
I followed him for a while, knowing that in doing so I was heading in precisely the opposite direction to where I should have been going. But a lunchtime kestrel is a lunchtime bonus that is hard to forgo.
And this is the video from last night, when Bold was investigating the torch and trail cam. Quality is not good, but you can see her now quite distinctive limp (which I think must be permanent).
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
Autumn colourThe day had in fact begun with greying overcast skies, and a touch of rain in the air, so it was welcome bonus to find the sun out at lunchtime. The cattle were out in the fields, and at least one young male was feeling rather frisky.
CattleOthers were behaving rather more sedately, sheltering in the shade of the trees.
In the distance a kestrel cut across the edge of the woods.
I followed. It settled in the tree and then rose again to hover. I debated whether to move across to get closer or to watch and wait. I waited. And I was rewarded when the kestrel tired of its hunting patch and swept across the fields to the wooded area on the far side of the valley.
KestrelI followed him for a while, knowing that in doing so I was heading in precisely the opposite direction to where I should have been going. But a lunchtime kestrel is a lunchtime bonus that is hard to forgo.
And this is the video from last night, when Bold was investigating the torch and trail cam. Quality is not good, but you can see her now quite distinctive limp (which I think must be permanent).
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
Darkogdare # Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:29:54 AM
Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog # Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:02:06 AM
Poor Bold she must have been hit by road traffic to have a very bad limp like that poor her, maybe the constant resting in the garden was her recovering from the shock perhaps? only speculationg though.
Adele BrandSittingFox # Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:04:57 PM
Words # Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:14:44 AM
Words # Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:17:23 AM
You're right that she was using the garden more as she was recovering with the leg. It could have been a car but foxes are fairly careless when they jump so it could be her own fault.
Words # Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:18:01 AM
Loiscakkleberrylane # Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:19:07 AM
Words # Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:13:32 PM