Everything is Permuted

First a quick sequence taken this morning...

Leaping deer



Leaping deer

And two shots from this evening. She was only in the garden for a few minutes, but it's about a week since I'd last seen the bold vixen. There are still signs of a slight limp, but nothing as severe as it had been, and she was able to jump down and use the 'weaker' leg for landing.

The Bold Vixen



Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The deer were photographed with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. I used the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM and Canon 430EX flash unit for the vixen.

It's raining heavily right now, but this morning the skies were blue and the sun bright. I headed for the fields near work. The yellowhammers were once again busy in the tree tops, flitting busily up and down along the fringe of woodland that runs along the path between the fields.
Yellowhammer

I'd gone in search of the roe deer. They weren't in the higher field, but on my way back to the car I spotted an 'inconsistency' along the hedgerow on the far side. The sun was facing towards me, and the shapes were difficult to discern against the dark shade. A little Photoshop work was needed to bring this shot up to scratch.
Roe deer

At lunchtime it was still bright, but cooler than I'd anticipated. I must remember that winter sunshine is deceptively weak. Some rooks were out in the fields, but mainly it was quiet. The cattle have been moved to new pastures. The trees have shed their leaves as winter approaches.
Downland scene

As I was nearing the brow of the hill, two birds came into view. Low down, on the grass. A pair of partridges.


I watched as they crossed the path and disappeared behind the distant slope.
Red-legged partridge

I'm still monitoring nightly activity via the trail cam. The badger has been back, and early this morning an inquisitive squirrel was chasing birds. This clip though is from a couple of nights ago, and shows two of the foxes interacting.



Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

Out in the fields early this morning, the light was poor but in the distance a shape caught my eye. What I didn't see until I processed the photo was the bird in the foreground. The photo is heavily cropped.
Deer and Pheasant

That was this morning.

This was tonight.

The bold vixen was in the garden, making a determined bid to become the laziest fox in the world...






That last shot reminds me... dentist tomorrow

Camera note: the deer was taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The vixen was photographed with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.