I am the first to admit these phots are not in focus. I feel that I missed this opportunity. I was out for my usual walk around Red Hill with my camera this morning as a way to practice with it while also just admiring the wildlife that exist so close to my house. During my walk I heard a group of Noisy Miners squawking their warning call. I saw some Eastern Grey Kangaroos bound away then a rabbit followed suit. Neither of these animals made sense as the cause of concern to the miners, yet the birds were still calling while heading in my direction. I wondered if it was a dog loose who had spooked them. Then I saw the slight red rushing along the ground, realising there was fox out. The Miners were chasing the fox. There were four miners taking turns swooping the fox, while alerting their kin, along with the rest of the area. I realised this scene was approaching the fire trail I was on, and would cross it not far away from me. I switch my camera, took a site, thought I was in manual without checking then I also forgot to focus. Fortunately, I was not in manual and the setting did not focus automatically on the fax. I had done a good enough job in getting the camera positioned so I was ready to capture the action but I had forgotten to check the setting as well as to use the proper focus procedure. Even though these pictures are worse than even my learning standard currently is I wanted to post them as the subject matter is interesting. The fox is easily seen in all three photos while the birds are a bit more challenging. In the top photo the Miner is at about 1 o'clock to the fox, in the middle photo the bird is now forward of the fox at about 11 o'clock while in the final photo their are two birds; one forward at about 11 o'clock and one behind, low to the ground, in the shadow at about 3 o'clock. After they cleared the track I could hear the birds continue on until they were out of ear shot. I suspect the fox did not have a bird breakfast this morning.
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