<\/span> Eyeshine in multi-colours gave the watching fox away<\/span><\/p>\nThe second fox was one of the shy cubs, and at first it remained well out of range of the camera. It knew I was there though, and unusually stayed around. And for the curious, there was nothing much on offer from me; just a handful of sultanas.<\/p>\n
I stayed still and watched, and to my surprise instead of running back it decided to come forward. Although I've one or two snatched photos through the window<\/a>, I can't recall the shy cub ever approaching this close before.<\/p>\n So far as identification is concerned a fox's brush is always a good guide for telling them apart. The shy fox has a much whiter tip to its brush. Previous foxes have also shown distinctive brushes: there was Kinky (with a distinct kink in her brush<\/a>), and the old dog fox who maintained a sort of notch<\/a> about a quarter of the way down.<\/p>\n And a footnote to tonight's post. The regular cub was carrying his right rear leg throughout this encounter. The photos don't show any obvious sign of injury, and although he carried the leg he was able to sit normally and move around quite easily. Possibly a strain, which is something of an occupational hazard for foxes. I'll keep an eye on it though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1128],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","tag-fox","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t
<\/span> Lingering in the shadows<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span> The shy fox is on the left<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span> The shy fox is at the rear<\/span><\/p>\n