He first tried to evade us, then stopped for a minute and scratched in the ground, then carried on without his egg
We assume he wanted to avoid leading us to his den, where youngsters would be awaiting lunch.
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We
found this egg, which we assume must be from a goose, in view of its size.We re-buried it for him.
The
fox then disappeared over the hill, while this reindeer grazed happily a few
hundred meters away, ignoring us all.The pomarine skua below was much more interested in us
