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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The fox family

You all know how much I love foxes, imagine how thrilled I was to see so many of them during my holiday last week. And the best news is that there is a fox den somewhere not far from my house, I haven't found it yet but my mom saw two fox kits one evening and I saw one the next morning. They are so incredibly cute! Quite small still.

So this is the first fox I met one evening hunting for food :)

And this is the mom. She was so occupied with the hunt and when she appeared to the field she already had about 4 mice in her mouth :D But then dropped them all and caught another one. And then quickly hurried to her kiddies with 5 mice in her mouth! :)

This is a closeup of the mice! :D Against the light so not good quality. And would you look at those tits! HAHAHA

Very early next morning I went to look for little foxes and I managed to find their trail. It was another sunny day but the trail was in a dark forest, not good conditions for photography. I was already giving up of finding the den when suddenly I saw one fluffy little fellow hopping towards me on that very trail! :D He saw me just as I saw him which was a pity. We stared at each other for 10 seconds and then he turned and ran back the way he came. It was my first encounter with a fox kit and I knew that they were cute but I didn't think they could be this cute! :D Looking forward to meeting them again!

This is another handsome fellow, I think this could be the dad but I'm not 100% sure. He was a bit lazy :) Sat in the middle of the field for a long time and was probably waiting for the mice to jump into his mouth ;)

6 comments:

  1. How wonderful!!! Pity you couldn't catch a photo of the little kit you saw, but maybe next time...How beautiful those "Little foxes" are, Little Fox!...Thank you for sharing!

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  2. My most favorite post! Lucky you!!! :) I LOVE the last photo in the third montage...what a beauty he is! I hope this sweet family will visit with you so more - so I can see more photos. Hope you had an enjoyable vacation! Theresa

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  3. Thank you, Theresa! :) Oh I'm sure you will see more pics of them since I forgot to mention that one fox even visited me by coming about 60 feet from my house!!! :D

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  4. This is my favorite post because I love wildlife. The photos of the foxes you saw are really cute. You're lucky to live in a place where there are foxes.I'm looking forward to reading your next posts.

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  5. Thank you, Marlie, I'm so glad you like them :)

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