A Foxy "Lady"
Jun 16, 2012 01:34:38 #
Camerahand
Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee
From all indications, this little lady has young ones. I'm just waiting for her to bring them along. She has supper with the raccoons almost every evening.
Freda, the Friendly Fox
Jun 16, 2012 03:08:09 #
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Jun 16, 2012 07:26:37 #
Nice shot, the kits are soooooo darn cute. When she brings them have your camera ready!
Jun 16, 2012 07:53:45 #
Two things, one, is it just the angle, or is her right ear cropped? 2, when you say supper with the racoons do you mean - side by side, or, are the coons on the menu?
Jun 17, 2012 06:12:54 #
Camerahand
Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee
Blueduck wrote:
Two things, one, is it just the angle, or is her right ear cropped? 2, when you say supper with the racoons do you mean - side by side, or, are the coons on the menu?
Her right ear does have a piece missing, Blueduck. Her left
ear also has "notches"; three of them. My wife and I are wondering if these are the results of a fight or if they could
be some type of identification put there by someone who raised her. Some fox hunters in this area do raise and release them.
I have seen nothing to indicate that the reccoons are on the menu. :-) I put dog food in a small kettle and they both eat out of it.
I am posting two photos that show the above.
Burton
RACCOON AND FOX AT SUPPER
FOX WITH NOTCHED EARS
Jun 17, 2012 07:42:56 #
Camerahand wrote:
From all indications, this little lady has young ones. I'm just waiting for her to bring them along. She has supper with the raccoons almost every evening.
I am amazed you got this shot; they try to stay out of human sight.
Jun 17, 2012 07:49:04 #
Jun 17, 2012 08:09:23 #
Camerahand
Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee
PNagy wrote:
I am amazed you got this shot; they try to stay out of human sight.
Camerahand wrote:
From all indications, this little lady has young ones. I'm just waiting for her to bring them along. She has supper with the raccoons almost every evening.
I am amazed you got this shot; they try to stay out of human sight.
This one is a little different. Since she has little ones, she might be extra hungry. I don't try to hide from her. I set my chair in plain sight in the yard about 20-30 feet from the food around 8:00 P.M. and wait. I have gotten within 10 feet of her a couple of times when I was trying to get her to move away from the food so I could get a better shot where I wouldn't have to clone it out.
Thanks for your comments.
Burton
Jun 17, 2012 08:11:32 #
Camerahand
Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee
WVHillbilly wrote:
This last one is so nice. Good detail. Thanks for sharing.
I hope to have more and better ones before long.
Thank you.
Burton
Jun 17, 2012 08:14:33 #
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Jun 17, 2012 09:49:12 #
GrandmaJoy
Loc: North Carolina
Those are beautiful. My cats share meals with a opposum. Sad to think that people raise them, then let them out to kill them if I understood that correctly.
I hope you can watch the fox for a long long time.
I hope you can watch the fox for a long long time.
Jun 17, 2012 11:54:32 #
Great shots! Is this a grey fox? I have recently stumbled upon a red fox den. I have been ther 3 seperate times, and never saw the momma. The kits(3) are fearless. Get all the shots you can, as every day older they get, the more thier natural instincts kick in, and they get harder to capture. I eventually got some nice ones, I can post if you want.
Keep looking for the kits! :thumbup:
Keep looking for the kits! :thumbup:
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