One for the fluffy bunnies (so to speak).

[reddragdiva]

redcountess just called me into the lounge, telling me to be very quiet.

That's the loving, healing force of Mother Nature in action. Note the pigeon, surrounded by the feathers of the last bird stupid enough to forage on the ground. Over at the back, we have what I think was the reason.

(The pigeon did get away. If it had been a London city pigeon, that would have been a terrible pity, but probably better for the fox's health.)

Liz's new G4 800MHz Quicksilver is unbelievably shiny and looks like it was left by aliens with vastly superior design sense. I shall be departing to allezbleu's in about an hour, sadly minus my tired and ill darlings.

Comments

[vampwillow]

I need a new shiny .... :-(

[reddragdiva]

The G3 is already going to arkady ;-)

[vampwillow]

arkady is quite shiny ;-P

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Lot of them about...

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

We get foxes lounging around in the garden bellow. The other day I saw one sunning himself on the neighbour's outside dining table!

[reddragdiva]

My new theory is that the "IRA" bombings were actually carried out by foxes, aiming to eliminate bins from all urban areas so as to encourage people to throw their food rubbish on the ground.

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

what a fox!

Yer foxes are so much cuter than our opposums.

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

We do have some foxes in Philadelphia, but the critters in the back yard tend to be squirrels and, at night, the marsupials..

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful fox. Speaking of beautiful, what is the purple flower in the left foreground?

[redcountess]

it's a Buddleia davidii aka butterfly bush, although I haven't noticed it attracting many - the species' quite invasive in the U.K and can be seen on many railway embankments. Pretty flowers though.

[phelyan.livejournal.com]

There's huge eagles flying through Hong Kong.

[korenwolf.livejournal.com]

I know there's a local fox around here, but if I see it there will be application of force (possibly lethal) as the ducks will be arriving soon.

[reddragdiva]

We're near Epping Forest, so suburban foxes are part of the local wildlife. There would be less of them if people PUT THEIR FOOD RUBBISH IN BINS and so forth.

Cats, despite being much smaller, will happily see off a fox in their yard — defending one's home versus just checking out a yard is no contest. I think we're getting this one show up again because Arkady's cat when he visited saw off the other local cats pretty viciously (I had to rescue one he cornered!), so they don't come here at all any more, so it's fox-safe. So if you get a large duck-safe cat with a stroppy disposition to intruders ...

[redcountess]

I suggest looking at this and applying a deterrent like Rendardine *before* the ducks arrive, as initially it increases fox activity because they try to defend their territory against the perceived interloper. Also note that gassing, baiting, etc. is against the law.

[mirukux.livejournal.com]

silly bird :)