I was out in the garden giving my new tool a try, yes I’ve finally gone Full Frame with the Nikon D810, and a Buzzard landed on one of the Oak Trees in the field opposite.
Thank you Mr. Buzzard for offering to model whilst I try out the new camera!
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Remember a while back I managed to photograph a pair of Mistle Thrushes building a nest in one of our Oak Trees?
Well, after building it, they didn’t actually use it and have seen nothing of them since.
However, this evening I spotted this young Mistle Thrush in the garden!
Photos aren’t great as I quickly grabbed the camera and got what I could, but I’ll keep an eye out for it and take some more.
Here is some footage from Wednesday evening of the Vixen with her Cub and you’ll also notice right at the start another Fox in the background which is probably the other one we saw a few days ago.
Again, sorry for the odd crackling on the footage but it’s yet another Bushnell Camera to be returned, I’m now on the 4th camera since March and still getting issues. I also don’t think the quality is as good as the other 3 I’ve had to return.
Once this current bad weather passes, I’m going to attempt to get some colour video from my D7100 from within my hide.
{Remember to watch in HD if possible}Got over an hours worth of footage of the cub last night so will take a while to go through it all but here’s a photo of the Vixen (to be confirmed) and her cub.
It looks like there is only one cub however, as you can see from photo, the Vixen (again, I need to confirm it is her) is holding her left rear leg off the floor. She is limping a little, it doesn’t seem to be affecting her much though so hopefully just cut her paw.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I’ve had a complete failure of the SD Card so have lost this footage, but fear not, I’ll get some more.
It was a busy weekend with what seems to be a newcomer visiting. It’s certainly not the original Male as he a strange deformed/injured tail with the end missing. It doesn’t appear to be lactating so possible a different Male.
However, we also got another glimpse of a Fox cub on Sunday morning before running off after what I think is it’s parent.
{Remember to watch in HD if possible}Blink and you’ll miss, right at the beginning of this clip of the Vixen eating you’ll see a young Cub in the background.
This is great to finally see one. Of course, I don’t know if this is the only Cub but can only think that the Vixen is keeping them away from coming into the garden currently so hope for more footage soon.
Sorry about the bad audio quality, I’m having issues with the Bushnell Natureview Max HD (Colour) camera. I’m on my 4th replacement since March and still having issues!
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