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![Ready to take off - [commssion by Eclair Perdu]](http://t.furaffinity.net/56733683@150-1716422219.jpg "Ready to take off - [commssion by Eclair Perdu]")
As I recently returned to the wild lands of the Vercors massif, in the Alps, I went through an area I had never explored before, the Gervanne, in the south western part of the massif; I'm more familiar with the northern and center parts. And as I was making my way deeper in the green mountains, I got to learn about an airman, Jérôme Cavalli, former test pilot for Gourdou-Leseurre, whose name was given to a col in that area. This same col that I will remember as the Fox col as, in just a few minutes, I was able to observe 3 foxes in broad day light. This one was the first I got to observe, noticing an orange colour among the green vegetation from the side of my eye, I pulled up on the road to confirm what I was unsure I had seen. And what I saw was this fox, standing in a field, probably drying its fur under the sun and seemingly unbothered by my stopping close by, which allowed me to seize my camera, to snap a few shots. As I was unsatisfied of the lens I was using and seeing that my presence wasn't a bother for it, I tried to reach for a better lens, only to scare it away.
Anyway, even though I'm not totally satisfied with the result, mostly due to the unadapted lens, this photo is one I have been eager to take for more or less a decade and stands as my best photograph of a wild red fox to this day.
Anyway, even though I'm not totally satisfied with the result, mostly due to the unadapted lens, this photo is one I have been eager to take for more or less a decade and stands as my best photograph of a wild red fox to this day.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Red Fox
Size 2280 x 1516px
File Size 5.25 MB
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Sorry for the late reply, CK. And thanks a lot, for your comment and for your fave!
As for the distance, I'm not too sure, but from memory, it must have been between 30 and 50 metres, maybe? It was far enough for my photo to not be as I would have wanted it to be, but close enough for this photo to come to life.
And well, since we're talking about foxes; I have discovered the territory of a fox family close to my place, last night. I was on the road when I saw two kits playing on the road. I stopped to observe them until one of them jumped in the ditch of the roadside, the other was still sitting on its haunches, the head hanging down and its back towards me, and it didn't move even though I brought my car closer. As I understood it might not have been as healthy as I first thought, I got out of the car and approached it carefully, under the wary eye of its sibling, grazed it with the tip of my shoe to see if it reacted, which it didn't, but I could see it was still alive and breathing but had a wet spot in the neck, which I couldn't tell if it was blood or saliva from its sibling that was bitting it there when I arrived. The time for me to return to my car, moved it to a safer position and to search for what I was allowed to do in such a case and to find the number and call the local wildlife centre, which I couldn't reach, no big surprise at 3am, though, I decided to take it home with me for the rest of the night and to bring it to the wildlife centre first thing in the morning, had it survived. But as I returned to it, it was already gone, I still don't know if it went back to forest on its own or if another fox took it.
Though, I got called back by the wildlife centre in the following morning as they saw my 3am call, and as I explained them what happened, I got told that it was a good thing I did not took it home as apparently, fox cubs games can be quite violent and this one probably got bitten on a sensitive area of its spine, on its nerves, which caused it to be knocked out for a while but that it would be fine otherwise. Unfortunately, that time, I didn't have my camera with me and only caught a poor quality cellphone taken video... but memories are engraved in my brain. ;)
As for the distance, I'm not too sure, but from memory, it must have been between 30 and 50 metres, maybe? It was far enough for my photo to not be as I would have wanted it to be, but close enough for this photo to come to life.
And well, since we're talking about foxes; I have discovered the territory of a fox family close to my place, last night. I was on the road when I saw two kits playing on the road. I stopped to observe them until one of them jumped in the ditch of the roadside, the other was still sitting on its haunches, the head hanging down and its back towards me, and it didn't move even though I brought my car closer. As I understood it might not have been as healthy as I first thought, I got out of the car and approached it carefully, under the wary eye of its sibling, grazed it with the tip of my shoe to see if it reacted, which it didn't, but I could see it was still alive and breathing but had a wet spot in the neck, which I couldn't tell if it was blood or saliva from its sibling that was bitting it there when I arrived. The time for me to return to my car, moved it to a safer position and to search for what I was allowed to do in such a case and to find the number and call the local wildlife centre, which I couldn't reach, no big surprise at 3am, though, I decided to take it home with me for the rest of the night and to bring it to the wildlife centre first thing in the morning, had it survived. But as I returned to it, it was already gone, I still don't know if it went back to forest on its own or if another fox took it.
Though, I got called back by the wildlife centre in the following morning as they saw my 3am call, and as I explained them what happened, I got told that it was a good thing I did not took it home as apparently, fox cubs games can be quite violent and this one probably got bitten on a sensitive area of its spine, on its nerves, which caused it to be knocked out for a while but that it would be fine otherwise. Unfortunately, that time, I didn't have my camera with me and only caught a poor quality cellphone taken video... but memories are engraved in my brain. ;)
Foxes are going out quite a lot right now, I see a lot of them since a few weeks. While broad daylight meeting like this one are quite rare, I can barely do a night drive without seeing a fox! As I wrote to Celtic Kitsune above; I almost got to save a kit last night and had the opportunity to approach it from really close. Thankfully it didn't need to be saved, but that meeting will remain engraved in my memory.
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