…different results. As is so often I’ve found, you can rarely ever re-create the same success previously achieve, as was the case on this occasion. I wasn’t going to bother posting this as the images aren’t good and are few and far between but I did think it was a good example of how unpredictable wildlife, and particularly photographing it, can be.
I went to the exact same location at the same time with even the weather being the same, sunny, warm condition, in the hope of achieving the same success as before in seeing and photographing some young Foxes. Result? Completely different.
As with a couple of weeks earlier I waited quietly in the same place and again, after a couple of hours the Magpies started to make a noise suggesting a predator was about but I only got a quick glimpse of a Fox.
Certainly the Rabbits were on high alert, obviously due to the Magpies activities. The grass was a little higher than last time making any sighting harder to photograph, so when a particularly loud commotion came from my right, I went to investigate. I stopped at a good vantage point only to see a Fox sprint across after one of the Rabbits. Ironically, had I stayed where I previously was, I would have hand the perfect view!
The Fox, obviously unsuccessful in its hunt walked back the same way, spotted me, out in the open having not settled down yet – took one look at me and was off!
The Rabbits remained wary for a while but eventually settled back into their feeding. The Magpies continued excitedly back and forth for a while but I didn’t get any further glimpses.
As I said, I wasn’t going to bother posting this due to it not being particularly exciting. The Fox images were fleeting snaps and the sun was bright and in my face – and so behind the subjects making exposure difficult and way too contrasting. Still, a morning spent in the warm sunshine is always a good thing.
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