On looking at some of the problems you are having with cats/foxes etc reminded me of these I took a couple of years ago.
Note if you have foxes you don't get cats as a rule, but then again how do you get rid of foxes.
Ensure there is no suitable food around for them. I found out my next door neighbour was feeding this one and he had siesta in mine. When my neighbour stopped feeding him he found pastures new.
n.b. This one was also partial to house slippers, he actually came into my storm porch and took one, I found it all chewed up in next doors garden. How he stood the smell I don't know ;D
But there was one benefit, foxes like to bury eggs for later use, in the case of this fella; he couldn't find eggs so he used to fetch me golf balls.
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Finally the damage he did;
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Oh dear Gardener - can't see your pics :'(
Anyone else not got them or is it just me? :-\ ???
For those people that can't see the pictures, perhaps these addreses will help;
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No luck Gardener - tried every link and URL Not Found >:( :(
Shame !....same as Pat :(
Yahoo gremlins again, maybe ??
:'(me neither doesn't it make you curious to know what they were like
I can't understan why you are not getting them they are all OK on my PC. Admittedly I can't get the urls to open.
I will try again from a different source. Plus I will show as images and urls
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Nope - sorry Gardener - still no luck, just HP Home Page >:(
This is very frustrating ???
Bum, nope, can't see a thing. :'(
I can see the pics...cheeky fox!!!
Thomas
Sorry folks....I just can't understand it, although I have noticed even I have lost the one I set up in Yahoo, but the HP ones are still there.
Any ideas Aka Dan if you are looking in?
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Ditto. no good here I am afraid 'gardener' :(
Tried all options given too
It is I think the way you are linking to hpphoto.
You are (I think) linking to a temporary page - indicated by the word session in the url.
This is why when you post you can see them, and a time later you can not - the session has expired !
Others who use hpphoto have mentioned something about an auction link which is the correct one to use as it is not a temporary session based image.
I'm sure others can help more than me.
Cheers
Dan
Oh yes Dan - someone told me (I forget who) about using the 'create a link for auction' and since then I have had no probs at all posting pics - could that be the answer ???
Will try again;
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The damage he did!!!!!
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I know its not the point - but what a fabulous animal! I love the pic of him yawning, quite at home as if he was your pet cat! Brilliant photos
crikey!
Wow! Brilliant photos Gardener....well worth the wait!! ;D
They really are lovely Photos well done.
I would be overjoyed to have him do that sort of damage!! You are SO lucky.No way would I consider him a pest,in fact I don't consider anything in my garden a pest.Not even slugs or snails because they provide food for my frogs and birds!!
Success at last Gardener - I can see your photos ;D ;D Beautiful pics of the fox but how soul destroying to see the damage, but I think I would forgive him as he is such a gorgeous animal ;) :)
Ecellent photo's. You have my interest in what camera you're using and time of day/light etc. It looks as if you walked up to him and said, 'Hold it a sec!'
What a beaut, and great photos!! DP
Hi Gardener, they are such superb photos of a superb, and a confident animal at that. It's a pity they kill chickens and ducks, I could quite like the fox. I was amused at the upended pots at the end.
For Kenkew;
You ask>>You have my interest in what camera you're using and time of day/light etc. It looks as if you walked up to him and said, 'Hold it a sec!'
It was a Canon sureshot Z115, taken mid morning.
The way he was reacting I think he must have been used to it.
I think I could have got even closer, but didn't want to risk losing the shots so zoomed in on him from about 6ft away.
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Looks like the site downer last night removed quite a few posts, including my reply. I guessed that your cam is a 35mm? If that's the case then you must also have scanned the pic's in? And to get just 6ft away is incredible even tho' todays foxes are quite 'humanised'.
Excellent photographs.Well done!!
Hope you didn't lose too much from those upturned pots though.
Eileen.