Sunday, December 15, 2013

Not a fox hunt, but a fox hunting

I checked the camera today, and was delighted to find a lot of fun videos. I plan to write an expanded post later this week.

Among the videos was this interesting series of a fox hunting.

In the first video, you can see the fox go into its pounce position. It has smelled prey, and is ready to get a meal.

The camera is set up to record video  for 30 seconds. Then it stops and saves the file. After that, it's ready to go again. Sadly, that means that the camera missed the first pounce. Look closely, and you'll see that the fox is about two feet to the left of where it was at the end of the first video. Obviously, though, it didn't catch dinner. It is poking around and trying hard to find the target that it missed.


This third video shows another unsuccessful pounce. Look closely at the lower left and you can see the prey running away, and almost being caught. That's in the beginning of the video. Then you can see one frustrated, hungry fox. 




I was fascinated to see these videos, and hope you enjoy them. Stop by Cromwell Valley Park soon, and perhaps you'll get a glimpse of the fox too. Wish it a Happy Christmas when you see it.

More later. 

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