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| P.S. The fox when we first saw him - added in response to Jeremy's comment. Thanks, Jeremy! |
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| We were out and about this last weekend. There was still a fair amount of ice around. |
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| Suddenly we spotted a fox on the lake in broad daylight at about 2.15pm. |
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| It had been trying to reach some Coots across the ice when it fell in. |
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| It was quite a way away from us . . . |
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| . . . but with the help of my zoom lens, I just managed to catch it on camera. What a fine white tip to its muzzle. |
I love a happy ending, but I guess there are times when nature has to take its course. The only consolation is that at least the Coot colony survived intact on this occasion.
- The Red Fox on National Geographic
5 comments:
Wow. I think that probably counts as one of those once in a lifetime finds.
poor fox! that must have been a slow and painful death for it
I thought you'd captured a Fox swimming for a minute. Poor fox, indeed. Pity there wasn't a handy lifebelt you could throw in for it!
..and in that cold too! Glad you could document this one!
I would have loved a lifeline . . . but none to hand, and as you can see, we were quite a distance away. I just captured the scene at the extremity of my zoom.
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