Another Fox Update

I did have all sorts of interesting shots lined up for tonight, including greylags on a barn roof…

…a small swarm of bees in the church wall…

And even Shutterbug's early evening visit.

But all of those are being put to one side in favour of three low quality shots of a fox cub. The vixen had appeared a couple of minutes earlier. She watched me for a while (well maybe 10 seconds) before retreating. Progress of sorts. At least she didn't dash away. A cub then appeared, and its curiosity overcame any immediate fear and it saw me, and came forward. I kept very still and was rewarded with three shots.

One last treat. This is a short sequence from last night's trail cam. With cubs about I've reset it to record video clips. 😉

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Camera note: first three shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The final three taken with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens. Video by the Bushnell Trophy Cam.

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This Post Has 5 Comments

  1. derWandersmann

    16 May 2012

    Congratulations, Words!
    Mama seems to be slowly getting used to you, and the cub is a real coup!
    What a good thing you don't have dogs, now that I think of it!
    I seem to recognise shards of good English flint in that church wall, below the concrete blocks.

  2. SittingFox

    16 May 2012

    They've already got that fox look of knowing exactly where they are going!

  3. serola

    16 May 2012

    Wonderful set of pictures :hat:

  4. Words

    17 May 2012

    dW, there are several dogs locally, but yes being dog (and cat) free does make our garden more welcoming.

    The current church was built in 1817, but has been through some repairs since then. The barn the goose is on dates back to the 13th century (with lots of repair work on the way).

  5. Words

    17 May 2012

    Adele, there was no fooling that little cub, that's for sure. He knew what he wanted and was making sure he got it.

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