Red Fox in the Ozarks

Last year a female fox raised her two pups in the band of woods between my parent's house and Greers Ferry Lake. I spent a lot of time photographing the fox family from behind a self-made photo blind, an old bed sheet with a hole cut in it for my lens! Over the winter they left for denser and warmer, I presume, forests. I believe my mom has seen one of the foxes only once this year. This past spring all the rain that we received caused the lake level to rise higher than it ever has before, and their old territory was completely under water for many weeks.

I'm glad to have had the chance to photograph them though, especially from the comfortable setting of home. The picture below is one of the pups after it was approximately three months old (personal guess). This image was licensed today for a children's book.

Wild red fox in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.

All images are Copyright Terry Smith, 2007. All Rights Reserved.