More rain, no badger, but two foxes

The title more or less sums up today. Plenty of rain, and not much else. It eased off early evening, and I did spend a short time outside in the vain hope that the badger would return. It didn't, but the foxes did.
The bold vixen

The old dog fox

He is still by the far the more dominant of the pair, happily pushing her out of the way in typical fox fashion (i.e. with his rear end, behaviour I've only previously seen among fox cubs). Here's the two of them together.

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.

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  1. Vulpes vulpes

    10 Jul 2008

    Ahh, but they do make a lovely couple! :love:

  2. cakkleberrylane

    10 Jul 2008

    Beautiful animals!! I love the last photo especially, it really conveys so much personality!

  3. SittingFox

    10 Jul 2008

    They do have their ways of making their social orders clear, don't they 😉 Nice shots!

  4. Cynthia23

    10 Jul 2008

    Today's fox report is great – glad the badgers didn't show up! Smiling! Thanks Words!

  5. Words

    10 Jul 2008

    Adele, thanks. It can get quite complicated working out the hierarchy at times, but these two seem to have it sorted.

  6. Words

    10 Jul 2008

    Vulpes, it's always nice to seem them together.

  7. Words

    10 Jul 2008

    Lois, thanks. I was happy withthat last shot. It's not always as easy to get them both in shot at the same time.

  8. Words

    10 Jul 2008

    Cynthia, I have a sneaking suspicion the badger is more regular than I realize, just very good at not coming in when I'm about. No such problem with the foxes.

  9. Cynthia23

    11 Jul 2008

    So, the badgers and the foxes live harmoniously?

  10. Flying Red Fox Blog

    11 Jul 2008

    Its good the weather is calming down a bit. Lovelly pics of the Foxes they make a nice couple. :heart: Hope the Badgr shows up agan soon.

  11. Words

    11 Jul 2008

    Mark, the weekend weather should be ok. It would be nice to see the badger again. We're obviously on one of its routes as it seemed to know exactly where to find the hole in the hedge when it disappeared. I'll get my chance one day!

  12. Words

    11 Jul 2008

    Cynthia. generally foxes and badgers will work around each other. Both can be aggressive if there are young about, but mostly they avoid fighting.

  13. Cynthia23

    11 Jul 2008

    Oh! This is great. Then, I hope the badgers come around more often also. 🙂

  14. Words

    11 Jul 2008

    I'm keeping my eyes open for them :eyes:

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