My brother shared these pictures with me from his recent fishing trip in the Upper Peninsula. A fox couple came to visit the camp where he was staying.
The female, or vixen, was beautiful, with the standard coloring of a red fox. She had black legs and the telltale white tip to her tail.
Isn't she lovely? What a beautiful face.
I'm sorry about the dustpan in the foreground, but I still had to include this picture - just look at that contented, happy face!
Her mate, the reynard, or male of the species, was quite handsome. His coloring was a little more unusual, with the black of the legs climbing all the way up on his hips and back.
Quite striking, don't you think? I also like the little patch of white at the base of his tail, as well as the white tip.
The really tricky bit? It turns out that they are terribly fond of having small pieces of cheese (probably large pieces, too) tossed in their direction. This fellow was trying to catch one on the fly.
Wasn't it clever of this pair to get the humans to share their cheese? Pretty sly!
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