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Tales of a South Downs fox... and other ramblings

The Three Foxes

Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:44:31 AM

After a relatively quiet week, the foxes were back this evening... all three of the regulars, including the handsome young male who overcame his normal aversion for the camera. The rest is in pictures...
The young male fox

The young male, with Bold in the foreground

Bold and the young male

Bold getting serious with the young male

The Cheeky Vixen also showed up

Bold tries to get some peace

Bold warns Cheeky
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.

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Comments

Anonymous Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:19:33 AM

Wojtek writes: That small wound on Bolds muzzle... could that be a bite?

ERWINWulpen Saturday, September 4, 2010 6:56:43 PM

Great to have all this at home, lovely Photos

Darkogdare Saturday, September 4, 2010 8:42:05 PM

They look beautiful happy

Words Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:03:47 AM

Wojtek, yes I'm sure that's the result of a minor fight. They tend to bite across the face, so in time they can get quite heavily scarred. It doesn't seem to bother them though!

Words Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:05:14 AM

Erwin, we're really fortunate, especially when they turn up as a group like that and ignore us humans. I never tire of watching them interact.

Words Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:05:35 AM

Darko, they are doing very well this year. bigsmile

Adele BrandSittingFox Sunday, September 5, 2010 8:12:21 AM

Bold looks so tired... zzz

Words Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:07:37 AM

Adele, it was nice to see that Bold is still around, and still likes her naps!

Anonymous Monday, September 6, 2010 5:25:26 PM

Mike writes: Wow, beautiful photos & exquisite creatures!

Words Monday, September 6, 2010 10:15:05 PM

Thanks Mike!

Chrisfilipinaballerina Tuesday, September 7, 2010 10:50:12 AM

are all these foxes related?? i know you had all those cubs for a long time...are the young male and female brother and sister?? and Bold is the mum if i'm correct??

Words Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:02:29 AM

Chris, yes they're related and you are absolutely correct in the relationships. So far as I can tell, Bold's father was the fox called 'Roofy', and he descends from 'the old dog fox' who featured in the early blog posts. But getting the generational connections can be tricky.

Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:38:42 PM

They are so beautiful Foxes yes I often wish i could just stay round yours for a night fox spotting.............. lol but i might make too much noise and scare them off.

Words Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:20:00 PM

Mark, that night was special... it's not often we get more than one of them showing up.

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