The Three Foxes

By Words | Published September 4, 2010

After a relatively quiet week, the foxes were back this evening… all three of the regulars, including the handsome young male who overcame his normal aversion for the camera. The rest is in pictures…
The young male fox

The young male, with Bold in the foreground

Bold and the young male

Bold getting serious with the young male

The Cheeky Vixen also showed up

Bold tries to get some peace

Bold warns Cheeky
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.

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14 Comments

  1. anonymous September 4, 2010 at 12:09 pm #

    Wojtek writes:

    That small wound on Bolds muzzle… could that be a bite?

  2. gdare September 4, 2010 at 9:09 pm #

    They look beautiful :happy:

  3. Words September 5, 2010 at 1:09 am #

    Erwin, we're really fortunate, especially when they turn up as a group like that and ignore us humans. I never tire of watching them interact.

  4. Words September 5, 2010 at 1:09 am #

    Darko, they are doing very well this year. 😀

  5. Words September 5, 2010 at 1:09 am #

    Wojtek, yes I'm sure that's the result of a minor fight. They tend to bite across the face, so in time they can get quite heavily scarred. It doesn't seem to bother them though!

  6. SittingFox September 5, 2010 at 9:09 am #

    Bold looks so tired… :zzz:

  7. Words September 5, 2010 at 11:09 am #

    Adele, it was nice to see that Bold is still around, and still likes her naps!

  8. anonymous September 6, 2010 at 6:09 pm #

    Mike writes:

    Wow, beautiful photos & exquisite creatures!

  9. Words September 6, 2010 at 11:09 pm #

    Thanks Mike!

  10. filipinaballerina September 7, 2010 at 11:09 am #

    are all these foxes related?? i know you had all those cubs for a long time…are the young male and female brother and sister?? and Bold is the mum if i'm correct??

  11. Words September 8, 2010 at 1:09 am #

    Chris, yes they're related and you are absolutely correct in the relationships. So far as I can tell, Bold's father was the fox called 'Roofy', and he descends from 'the old dog fox' who featured in the early blog posts. But getting the generational connections can be tricky.

  12. Flying Red Fox Blog September 11, 2010 at 7:09 pm #

    They are so beautiful Foxes :yes: I often wish i could just stay round yours for a night fox spotting………….. 😆 but i might make too much noise and scare them off.

  13. Words September 11, 2010 at 9:09 pm #

    Mark, that night was special… it's not often we get more than one of them showing up.

  14. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Great to have all this at home, lovely Photos