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04/22/2012 06:57:18 PM · #1 |
These won't win any awards, LOL:
    
We've been watching this family of Red Foxes, in of all places our back yard! The above photos were actually taken from inside the house! The whole family comes out to play on the lawn two or three times a day. We're having a blast watching them grow.
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04/22/2012 07:00:18 PM · #2 |
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04/22/2012 07:18:44 PM · #3 |
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04/22/2012 07:31:38 PM · #4 |
You idiot!
You just gave up some AWESOME Free Study possibilities!!!!
LOL!!! Nice shots, guy!
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04/22/2012 07:35:35 PM · #5 |
| How cool is that! You get the Animal Planet channel LIVE!;-) Seriously, you are very lucky to see this family of foxes come out and play....and two to three times daily, what a treat! Thanks for sharing. |
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04/22/2012 07:40:38 PM · #6 |
Very nice...all we ever get is a glimpse of one as it runs to the forest
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04/22/2012 07:57:02 PM · #7 |
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04/22/2012 07:59:16 PM · #8 |
| Awesome! I saw one last January run across the snow. Couldn't grab my camera in time. |
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04/22/2012 08:03:25 PM · #9 |
Very cool free entertainment outside your window!
Jeb..... Don't be calling my buddy an idiot. I've met him and he's a very nice person, and seemingly intelligent. |
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04/22/2012 08:07:39 PM · #10 |
We've seen Mom and six pups... we haven't been able to conclusively say we've seen Dad. He may be around, the male normally is, but perhaps he's more reclusive?
We've had foxes hanging about for many years. There was one that would watch our son play in the snow. It would sit not 30 feet from him and his friend as they played. We had another, years later, that would sit on the driveway and watch the cars go by. But seeing a whole family is something new, and it is beyond cool.
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04/22/2012 08:10:31 PM · #11 |
| oh my oh my oh my!! I want to come and visit you for a couple of months!! |
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04/22/2012 08:11:26 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
...and seemingly intelligent. |
Damn, got you fooled don't I? ;-)
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04/22/2012 08:17:18 PM · #13 |
| That must be cool to watch! I was at my Parents a few years ago and watched a family of Badgers feeding in their back garden - that was awesome as well. |
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04/22/2012 08:20:17 PM · #14 |
| I am so jealous! I'd never get anything constructive done with entertainment like that in my backyard. |
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04/22/2012 08:28:50 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
These won't win any awards, LOL:
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Well, unless the challenge was photograph foxes in your back yard it might not lol however, it's a sight that few are privy too and am pretty sure you'd get interest from your local media? |
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04/22/2012 08:39:19 PM · #16 |
Fantastic! That sure would beat watching sparrows. That's quite a large litter isn't it?
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04/22/2012 08:41:05 PM · #17 |
| Great captures. Love the wildlife in your backyard. |
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04/22/2012 10:13:35 PM · #18 |
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing, and like the others, I'm quite envious!
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04/22/2012 10:20:49 PM · #19 |
| Wow, that's a big litter compared to what I normally see around my house. We have a family of fox that have been hanging around and digging dens for about three years now. The most we have seen at one time is a litter of three. The female comes through the backyard two or three times a day. |
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04/23/2012 05:34:36 AM · #20 |
I live in the country and have watched foxes frolic in my back yard and interestingly enough, the reason they were there is that I had mice in my compost heap.
They are great to watch when they look and listen for their prey and then leap into action.
Good luck with the shots.
Ray
Message edited by author 2012-04-23 05:34:59. |
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04/23/2012 07:36:35 AM · #21 |
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04/23/2012 10:20:44 AM · #22 |
I'm glad to see that so many folks enjoyed seeing our resident fox family. I hope to be able to continue to photograph them as they grow, and I'll update the gallery as I get more shots. What I really need is about a 1000mm lens, LOL. Even the 400/5.6 really doesn't give me anywhere near the reach I need for this.
@Ray: We are "sort of" in the country. It's really semi-rural, but we do have a railroad right of way along the back lot line, and I believe that this is why we have the foxes. There's plenty of cover and I'm sure there are plentiful rodents along the tracks. One thing for sure, we don't see many rabbits :-)
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04/23/2012 11:54:36 AM · #23 |
| I adore foxes. The perfect combination of dog and cat. Look like canines - move like felines. Can I come visit for a few weeks and watch them grow with you? |
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04/23/2012 12:16:03 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
I adore foxes. The perfect combination of dog and cat. Look like canines - move like felines. Can I come visit for a few weeks and watch them grow with you? |
You'd be very welcome to visit us, but wouldn't that mean abandoning your desert post? ;-)
If just watching them leads to further addiction, it is possible, though difficult to "adopt" a domesticated Silver Fox. The cost is high, almost $4,000 USD, and there has been at least one "scam" related to this (research "Sibfox").
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04/23/2012 01:08:50 PM · #25 |
have you had your 400mm on them get some nice up close shots?
or set a camera up on a remote trigger and get some real up close shots
Message edited by author 2012-04-23 13:09:28. |
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