Trail Cam Update – Foxes on Ice

By Words | Published February 8, 2012

During the current cold snap I've largely been relying on the trail cam to pick up on the activities of the garden foxes. This evening I took a look at what it had captured since the weekend… many blurred or hazy shots as it struggled with the frost, and one lengthy period when snow had adhered to the entire front of the unit. But there were some decent frames hidden in there, including some good shots of the (very shy) vixen, so she becomes the featured fox in this post.

Sunday evening:

Tuesday evening:

Early hours of Wednesday morning (this is the one frame here of Shutterbug).

And then to make my day a couple of shots of the vixen again, in daylight and in colour. These were caught late this morning.

The thaw has more or less ground to a halt, and the snow has frozen into a hard icy crust. There are pockets of black ice which can make some local streets hazardous. There's still a decent covering of snow/ice in the garden. which I expect to last until the weekend. For a small snow fall, this one has hung around a long time.
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Camera note: all shots via the Bushnell Trophy Cam.

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9 Comments

  1. derWandersmann February 9, 2012 at 2:02 am #

    All we had is gone.

  2. SittingFox February 9, 2012 at 8:02 am #

    She's beautiful. I've had to suspend trailcam activities because the batteries in the Bushnell birdcam were failing almost instantly in the subzero temperatures. I'm missing my Scoutguard, which is still in Canada 🙁 It's especially frustrating because the snow showed me numerous possible points for capturing foxes and deer!

  3. SittingFox February 9, 2012 at 5:02 pm #

    It's an inefficient camera, unfortunately. But I understand that alkaline batteries are particularly impacted by the cold. Rechargables are much better.

  4. gdare February 9, 2012 at 5:02 pm #

    Nice photographs, especially the last one.

    Originally posted by SittingFox:

    because the batteries in the Bushnell birdcam were failing almost instantly in the subzero temperatures.

    How could it be avoided?

  5. Words February 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm #

    Adele, it was nice to get some shots of the vixen. With my trail cam I use disposable AA lithium batteries. A bit pricey but they last really well in photo mode (several months) and have been fine in this weather.

  6. Words February 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm #

    dW, a few remnants left here. More is on its way tonight, but I think we'll escape this far south.

    Edit – I was wrong about escaping the snow. It's now falling quite heavily outside (11.30pm)

  7. Words February 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm #

    Darko, thanks. The last shot was a real treat.

  8. Words February 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm #

    Erwin, thanks!

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

    Lovely