A glimpse of a fox

Some progress to report. We were watching the garden this evening, crouched at the front of the garden. A dog was barking in a neighbouring garden, and we could hear an animal moving about nearby, possibly under a shed. After 20 minutes or so, the fox finally appeared. He was cautious, but paused for few moments at the top of the step at the rear of the garden. Not for long, but long enough for three photos. And he didn't run off, just retreated to the security of the bushes at the back, first on one side of the garden, then the other. We shared the space (at long distance) for about five minutes.

An hour or so later we were outside again, and again he came into the garden, though this time revealing nothing more than eye shine. But this is progress indeed!

It's a fox!
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Camera note: photo taken with the EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens, at 110mm focal length, slight crop.

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  1. cakkleberrylane

    14 Feb 2009

    What a wonderful encounter! Beautiful photo!! Well worth the 20 minute wait!

  2. Vulpes vulpes

    14 Feb 2009

    Woohoo! :hat:

  3. gdare

    14 Feb 2009

    "crouched at the front of the garden"

    In time he will get used to your weird behaviour 😀

  4. Words

    14 Feb 2009

    Thanks Lois. It's a painstaking process at the moment, much like our first fox encounters back in 2005 when we would spend hours sitting in the dark waiting.

  5. Words

    14 Feb 2009

    Darko, I certainly hope so. I need to be quite a lot closer to lose the eye shine. Or he needs to be nearer the front of the garden (where there's some light) for me to attempt shots without flash.

  6. Words

    14 Feb 2009

    Vulpes, cheers :cheers:

  7. SittingFox

    14 Feb 2009

    Good news! He's got a curiously low angle to his ears (could see that in your earlier picture of him too). Sounds like he needs a little training in Cooperating with Photography 😉

  8. Words

    14 Feb 2009

    Adele, he'll learn the benefits of being cooperative :whistle: He's obviously quite sussed the way he lurks in the shadows but we hope he'll relax just a bit over time.

  9. Words

    15 Feb 2009

    All it takes is a little eggspertise 😉

  10. chthoniid

    15 Feb 2009

    Hmm, how do you teach foxes to be cooperative ;). Looks like you have a mission over next month or two 😀

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