Four portraits of the fox cubs taken this evening…
Fox cub at about 8-9 weeks old. The lights in the rear are the eyes of the male parent, keeping watch.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
Ok… yesterday was an aberration. Here are some of the fox cubs from tonight.
Fox cubs enjoying themselves in the garden
Fox cubs enjoying themselves in the garden
Learning to leap!
Grazing habits…
Time for a quick portrait
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
She’s cautious, but a new mother’s first responsibility is to her young and the vixen ventured into the garden tonight and kept a watchful eye on the cubs. I just took a couple of shots of her from a distance.
Lactating vixen keeping a watchful eye at the rear of the garden while her cubs venture forth
The cubs were as playful as ever (and greedy). A couple of them had a good scrap with each other (but the photos aren’t up to scratch… focusing moving targets in the dark isn’t easy), but in the main they were just very cute.
This one is definitely on the greedy side of things
This little one stayed out later than the rest.
At the water trough
The final photo is actually from last night, but I like it and it rounds things off nicely by including the dog fox.
Fox cub and adult (male) fox
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
