Red Foxes

High Hopes
Red fox playing with an autumn leaf

Wet Fox
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) crossing a small water

Parental Love
Red fog fox bringing a dead prey deer to the den and the fox kits

Yoda
Fox with flat ears and a funny face

Fox Affection
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) mother grooming her fox daughter

Fox in the Reed

Red Fox Beauty

Scaredy Fox
Red Fox kit (Vulpes vulpes) behind a tree

Sleeping red fox

Autumn Fox
Red fox playing with an autumn leaf

Fairytale Fox II
Red fox (vulpes vulpes) sitting in the snow as if it just doesn’t really know what to do in this particular situation. Or maybe it was just as surprised as I was to find another creature in these quite uncommon and uncomfortable weather circumstances.

Formerly, our winters used to be constructed with care; Some freezing, some thawing. As soon as you had finally dusted your ice skates and dug up your mittens, thaw had already set in. The first ice scraping from your car window, a hopeful little snowman and some modest ski-fever, interspersed with a daunting little thaw attack. And so, the winter would build up by fits and starts and in the end you could look back satisfied and ascertain that it had really been winter. But that was before the invention of instant winter! These endless long and ruthlessly cold winters are sooo nineteen-hundred-something. New & improved winters easily fit in one morning. Theoretically, they would fit neatly between the morning and evening rush hours, without causing the slightest inconvenience. Efficiency is key; some freezing, a bit of frost and a touch of white and here’s your winter scene. It might look like someone hastily emptied a huge bag of Styrofoam balls, but hey: white is white, isn’t it?! White: check, snow: check, frost: check. Fox; check. Anything else? But mind you, if you blink twice, your winter world will be gone. Those days of calmly leaking and thawing are over. Snow-free within no-time. This weekend we expeienced another instant winter. It started in the morning and it was over before lunch. So more than ever it was a matter of right place right time. Luckily I managed to be there on time and so did the fox!

Foxy Nights
Silhouette of a red fox crossing a water at sunset

Funny Fox
Red fox acting funny

A Fox Called Pinoccio Just like with human beings, every fox is different. And some are more different than others. This young fox was born with a slight jaw deformation (only visible en profile). This overbite resulted in the nickname “Pinoccio”, but more importantly; it made her even more unique.

RED FOXES IN THE SNOW

Red Fox ploughing through the snow
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Dreamer
Red fox being totally at ease