This week I wanted to share with you some images of one of the neighbourhood foxes. This fellow here makes his rounds though the neighbourhood searching for mice and voles in the snow under bird feeders. There are also folks who hand feed the animals in the neighbourhood. While it is ironic that we rarely question how feeding birds affects …
Welcome! This week I have a few images of a fox doing some fishing. I captured these images over the course of a couple of days earlier this summer. I hope you enjoy! I stopped by the lake in mid May to do some birding and kayaking and saw this fox chasing after something in the marsh. It took me …
It’s February and the foxes have been getting back to business. Last month I had a few glimpses of foxes but this month they seem to be everywhere. I hope this means there will be plenty of kits come spring! I love to photograph foxes in the winter. The light, when it’s sunny, is beautiful and the contrast of …
This week I have some images of a cross fox kit to share. There is a fox den along the Ingraham Trail (NWT Hwy 4) and almost every year there is a litter of rambunctious kits exploring the area. It is interesting to see the individual personalities of each animal during an interaction. Some kits are bold and approach …
It’s been a while since I posted about foxes. I mean it’s been at least two weeks! I’ve had a couple of encounters with the vulpes and their kits. So far there is no evidence of folks feeding them thank goodness. There are a lot of kits in this den and I’m not sure if there are two families …
This week I wanted to share some images of a fox that has been frequenting our neighbourhood. I’m pretty sure this is a male whose partner is currently raising a litter of pups in a nearby den. Unfortunately, one of the neighbours was hand-feeding this boy. I haven’t seen him around much of late so I hope that he has …
I have some fox pictures to share this week. There’s not a lot we haven’t explored about foxes here and many people are familiar with them because they are relatively harmless urban dwellers. Foxes have adapted incredibly well to the urban environment and to human activity. Much of their activity takes place in the evening and overnight, a time when …
This week I wanted to share a few images of this curious and brave fox that I have spent some time photographing over the winter. This is one of a pair that may be siblings or may be planning to start a family… only time will tell! While I was photographing this fox, it came within 6 feet of me. …
Last year I was encouraged by a fellow photographer to try and use a wide-angle lens to shoot wildlife. This means you need to get very VERY close to the wildlife to get that interesting distortion that can happen. Most of the time this is achieved by using a trail camera however I thought I would give it a try …
If you follow me on Instagram (@wildknifephoto) then you know that we spent the month of #Foxtober enjoying one of my favourite critters the red fox. I have literally thousands of images of foxes in my library and sometimes I forget that I have only shared a fraction of them! Foxes share many characteristics with cats. Their eyes have the …