Mammals

Mr. Pink: You kill anybody? Mr. White: A few feathers. Mr. Pink: No real birds? Mr. White: Just feathers. Slightly changed quote from the ingenious Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs (1992) I went back to the five little gangsters this weekend. When I arrived at 5.30 am, they were already outside the den enjoying the […]

Since the end of March, I have been researching and monitoring several potential habituated fox dens around my area. Some two weeks ago, I found the tell-tale signs of fox cubs at two of these dens: lots of feathers, rabbit fur and bones, fresh digging marks and fox excrement. I spent hours and hours at the […]

You see right through me, Cause you’re running away, You keep turning your back on me,I tried so hard,But you’re running away,Please dont turn your back on me. Three Days Grace – Running Away Very appropriate lyrics from a song that is actually about something else, but nevermind. You may want to check out their […]

Not much time for photography this weekend, but I did spend lots of time outdoors. I walked through autumn colored beech forests and juniper covered fields on Friday and Sunday. On Saturday, I joined “Natuurwerkdag”, an initiative that attract lots of volunteers that are willing to work a day in the outdoors. And besides, I have an […]

Hanneke and I spent the last few days of October in the UK with the plan of photographing Red Deer during the height of the annual rutting season. On the way back to the ferry, we would visit the seal colony at Donna Nook along the Lincolnshire coast. We spent three days with the Red Deer. Weather […]

One final try with the Roe Deer. It is obvious that the rutting season has about finished. There’s hardly any (inter)action to be seen and the roe deer are again quite difficult to stalk and photograph. On this final try, I was lucky to have a very foggy morning. After some frantic searching, this doe […]