Foxes

I had the privilege of sharing several days early in the lives of five fox kits and their parents. And I was able to shoot some photos and video of the whole gang.

I almost blew my cover laughing when I saw this.

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Follow the leader.

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The kits were about 3 weeks old when these photos were taken and still had their blue eyes and dark coloring.

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Greeting.

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Siblings. Faces are starting to fill in with some of the red color that they will carry through adulthood.

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Time for a snack.

Moonset

Just caught the full moon setting between the clouds and the ridge to the West.

Lenticular clouds

High winds along the front range of the Rockies all day today.

Some nice lenticular clouds floating above the plains on the drive home:

More Eagles

The same Eagles as yesterday, actually. At least I think so.

Better light today, but not as much flying around. In fact, both eagles stayed perched the whole time I was watching them - about half an hour. They did do a bunch of calling and posturing right around the time the sun came up.

Bald Eagles

My usual commute has been carefully chosen to take me through farmland, horse pastures, and the occasional cluster of suburban dwellings - "the road less traveled by", as it were. Although I hardly get the car up to 50 mph at all along the route, it still only takes half an hour, and is a peaceful, contemplative, and mostly scenic drive. Nothing to do to get from point A to point B except watch the road and listen to the radio.

From time to time I have glimpsed what I thought was an unusually bulky bird flying low over the fields and wondered if it was an owl or an eagle, but have never been close enough to tell. That changed a couple of days ago when passed directly under an adult bald eagle sitting in a tree at the edge of one of the small lakes I pass.

So yesterday I geared up and left the house a little early, and spent an hour or so watching the TWO eagles take the occasional pass over the lake and come back to their favorite perches at the shore. It was completely overcast, so the light was no good, but I got a couple of shots anyway.

Flying over the lake.

Perched.

I am going out early again this morning - it is going to be a clear day and I hope the eagles are there.