Three Plus Four (fox update)

A quick post as I celebrate Chelsea's Champions League victory tonight. 😀

The three in the title are of Shutterbug taken early this evening.

The four is from last night when we watched the fox cubs playing in the garden. They were dashing all over the place. I didn't photograph them as they are still quite wary of humans and flashing lights. The trail cam has no such problems and caught what I suspect must be the whole group in one of the many clips. It turns out that we have four fox cubs! It's short, but very sweet 😀

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens. Video via the Bushnell Trophy Cam

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8 Comments

  1. Dudley May 20, 2012 at 1:05 am #

    :up:

  2. derWandersmann May 20, 2012 at 1:05 am #

    That's wonderful, Words! They look quite healthy, too. I must say that I did wonder a bit about three, because an odd number is rather unusual, and now I see there are four. "Quite enough!" mama probably thinks.

  3. gdare May 20, 2012 at 4:05 pm #

    Good that they feel safe in your garden. Or it is food that makes them feel safe and loved? 😀

  4. SittingFox May 22, 2012 at 1:05 pm #

    Excellent! Very cute 😀

  5. Words May 23, 2012 at 12:05 am #

    Adele, thanks! The joy of trail cams 😀

  6. Words May 23, 2012 at 12:05 am #

    dW, we have had odd numbers before (7 actually, which was a bit of a handful). Four is excellent if they all survive (though that is unlikely). One or two may make it through to adulthood. And I'm sure Mama thinks it's enough, though she does have plenty of help from the subordinate vixen and Shutterbug.

  7. Words May 23, 2012 at 12:05 am #

    Darko, they are very erratic so I'm not sure they really do feel too safe yet, but I'm hopeful that with longer nights they'll start to emerge before it's completely dark so we can get to know them a bit.

  8. Words May 23, 2012 at 12:05 am #

    Andy, thanks!