Taexalia
wild.life
Welcome Distraction
Packing orders this afternoon and I was distracted by a flash of red outside... our resident pair of foxes were slinking around marking territory and chasing each other. Such is their hearing that they reacted to the click of my camera one floor up behind double glazing... but they did not see me ;-)
More foxes in my garden
read more
How To Begin The Day
[caption id="attachment_503" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Crow"][/caption] As I sat down at my desk to begin work this morning I looked out the window and was taken with the scene outside. The sky was a crisp, clear blue colour with a few cotton wool clouds drifting gently. The clouds were tinged pink by the sunrise, as was the frost on the rooftop opposite and there was a slightly unreal feeling to it all, as if I had arrived a little too early and the Dreamworld was still at ... read more
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
I spent Wednesday afternoon tramping through the snow at Haddo House Country Park. It was a beautiful winter day with the sun low in the sky creating wonderful shadows and perfect lighting for some camera play. [caption id="attachment_487" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Robin redbreast"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_488" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Robin redbreast"][/caption] The robins were delightful and clearly used to people with corn in their pockets as they ... read more
Dig Our Fox
[kaltura-widget wid="vohid1a5gg" width="410" height="364" addpermission="3" editpermission="3" /] Mister Fox was very intent on digging around under Skeleton Tree and I'm not sure what he was doing - finding food? making a den? or just exploring...? They seemed to be having fun ... read more
Frisky Fox Day
[caption id="attachment_532" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) mating"][/caption] Life has been somewhat less colourful since the foxes raised their cubs and moved on last year. Although I know the foxes remain in the neighbourhood, they just haven't been using the gardens viewed from my window very often. The last few nights, however, have been punctuated with eerie barking and calls and I have been hoping what I was hearing was the sounds of a fox calling for ... read more
Parental Advisory