Well it's the season of the fox. No doubt about that as all. As well as Shutterbug being an almost permanent fixture, the cubs (or at least two of them) have learnt to tolerate sharing the garden and are proving excellent, and very cute, guests. They are probably around 10-12 weeks old, and increasingly independent (though not entirely as the first of two video at the end will show).
These first three shots were taken on Saturday evening, after heavy rain. Hence the somewhat waterlogged state of the cubs. This is the bolder of the pair.
And this is the more cautious sibling. 
And here they are together.
These next images are hot off the press, taken just a few minutes ago.
Now for some video, beginning with Mama Vixen coping with the cubs.
The second video is the moving image version of yesterday's blog… the sleeping fox. Nothing much at all happens, and what you see is a couple of minutes culled from a 40 minute snooze!
Camera note: the first three shots and the second video were taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens. The last four photos were taken with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens. The trail cam footage is by the Bushnell Trophy Cam.
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They're getting a bit big for feeding from her! No wonder she looks so worn out.
The cubs have the most enormous ears 😀
The are so cute and adorable :awww:
Adele, I was surprised to see them try that at this age. She seemed very tolerant. Bless!
Darko, they really are. 🙂
That video of Shutterbug sleeping is better than Warhol's "Sleep".
dW, inspired by Andy (all ways). But Andy would have left you wanting less 😉
I don't think the cautious one is so cautious when it comes to water. Looks like they've been swimming. 😀
Mick, that's just a side effect of the drought…. :left: