Red Fox on alert

Red Fox on alert, a photo by KevinKSmith on Flickr.

Just as we got to the parking lot for the daily dog walk we spotted a Red Fox in the field across the road.  We hustled home and back as fast as possible, but it was gone by the time we returned.  So we went on the walk and decided to drive around afterwards to see if we could spot any other wildlife.

The first thing we came across was a Red-shouldered Hawk on a stump, but I was only able to get one photo before it flew off.  We circled back around later and the hawk was sitting on the roof of a nearby barn and allowed a couple of shots before flying again.

On the way back home we passed a different field and Sue spotted this fox.  The first shots were too much into the sun and turned out pretty dark.  However, he came across the field towards us and allowed some pretty good close-ups.  This one was taken at about the closest point and I was in the process of removing the 1.4x extender since he was too close for a good photo when Billy started barking at the fox.  Needless to say the fox wasn't too thrilled and headed for cover so there weren't any good photos of the fox hunting for his meal.