New fox

I noticed a little movement at the bottom of the garden late last night and spotted this youngster. He saw me looking at him through the window and quickly left.

I looked round the garden and saw Junior tucking in to evening meal. I then realised the youngster was the animal that Junior was feeding but had brought it along to feed itself. I have waited a couple of months for this event. I am now looking forward to getting some good pictures in the near future.
 

More fox pictures

I am still working on improving the quality of my night pictures with the help of Junior who visits me about the same time every evening. These were taken with a 300mm lens with a two times converter setting equalling a 600mm lens f2.8 at 1/6th of a second. I think there is a great improvment.

It is unbelievable looking in the viewfinder and just seeing shadows and getting results like these.

I am now investigating ways of  recording more detail and and so making the pictures sharper. These pictures were taken earlier this evening around 2200hrs. Well dark.
 

Back with the foxes

The foxes are still regular callers. This is Junior he calls at dusk for his evening meal. He starts by gathering food for his family, takes it home then returns to feed himself.

If he is disturbed during his visit, like a car rushing by, the road is just the other side of the hedge, he will not run away he will just wait for a few minutes in the long grass until it quietens down.

He will then continue his meal.

When he has finished he will sit and enjoy his surroundings sometimes staying for more than an hour before going about his business.
 

Fox keeps me going

Junior calls just after night fall every night without fail. He comes into the garden through a gap in the hedge. He stands for a moment to check it is safe for him.

He then picks up mouthfulls of biscuits and trots off to feed his family.

Returning sometime later he tucks in himself and then has a rest while watching passing people and traffic the other side of the hedge.

When it gets a bit too noisey with people returning from the pub he will lie in the long grass under the fruit trees. He never runs away, I think he feels protected in my garden. I look forward to his visits as I do not get out much anymore it makes me feel satisfied that I am doing my bit for nature.
 

Foxes again

Taking care of Jacque's health problems over the years has not been very stressful but now I have reached the age were everything is hard going so having to limit my energy expenditure I am glad I have these animal friends that visit me especially when I am relaxing indoors. The above picture is of Junior relaxing after supper about midnight.

He is getting a bit cheeky, when I put the food out one night as I walked back to the house I turned to see him following me. He stopped and I took this picture.

This is a new kid on the block, one that I have never seen before. I have recorded six animals over the past year and I think that there is some youngsters on the way.