Il fagiano e il tasso

The pheasant and the badger.

I caught her!

…on camera that is. Finally, the “game” is up. On several occasions on my trips to the vinyard I’ve been taken by suprise by the craziness of a pheasant escaping danger. The crazed bleatings and urgent flappings of a bird that seems to knowingly struggle taking to the air in a hurry.

By chance, having driven calmly to the vinyard through the olive trees I caught a glimpse of something moving behind me. As soon as I had a full view I quitely lowered the window and started snapping. What a rare sight!

To add to the fun I found a massive hole in the ground, quite near to the house. Too big to be a fox hole, too much dirt shouvled out of the earth and a very deep hole! I recon it’s a badger. Hmmmm…I need more motion capturing cameras.