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09-06-2011, 10:43 AM
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| | | Fox dozing
Hello,
Following the hedgerow around a local meadow last evening I spied this fox dozing in the sun. The meadows are circled by flattened grass of fox trackways but I was surprised to meet one asleep and approach so closely nonetheless. 
Thanks for looking, Rob
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09-06-2011, 10:58 AM
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| | | Re: Fox dozing
Nice photo, but... are you sure it wasnt dead?!
Seems unlikely anyone would be able to get so close to a sleeping animal in a setting such as that. I would expect any animal to be wary of sleeping in the open (as opposed to in the safety of it's den) and thus to be sleeping quite lightly. |
09-06-2011, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by shadowx  Nice photo, but... are you sure it wasnt dead?!
Seems unlikely anyone would be able to get so close to a sleeping animal in a setting such as that. I would expect any animal to be wary of sleeping in the open (as opposed to in the safety of it's den) and thus to be sleeping quite lightly. | Quite sure! A few seconds after this photo I clicked my tongue hoping for a portrait but was too slow on the button - the fox was away into the hedgerow like a rocket!
It's not the first time I have approached so closely. Here's another from May 2009... 
I'll take your incredulity as a compliment to my stalking skills!
Rob 
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09-06-2011, 01:34 PM
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Ha, lovely photos! That last one is too cute! |
09-06-2011, 02:00 PM
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I'll take your incredulity as a compliment to my stalking skills!
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The second photo is simply amazing, that should be on display or in a book somewhere! |
12-06-2011, 08:13 PM
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| | | Re: Fox dozing
Thats a lovely photo
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12-06-2011, 08:16 PM
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Both great photos but the second one is superb. |
12-06-2011, 09:11 PM
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Agreed! What a treat for you Rob! 
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13-06-2011, 03:55 PM
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Brilliant pics!!
They do sleep outside the dens,,bless them. |
13-06-2011, 06:17 PM
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Love the photos,and you live in a beautiful part of the country. Been over many a time and adore it. Your foxes are lucky. | | | |
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