{"id":40100,"date":"2016-06-21T05:23:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40100"},"modified":"2025-05-24T08:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:13:05","slug":"trio-of-red-fox-kits-in-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/21\/trio-of-red-fox-kits-in-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio of Red Fox Kits in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThreeThree Red Fox Kits – Nikon D810, f5.6, 1\/640, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Although my primary focus in photography is birds I also enjoy taking images of the scenery, flora and wildlife I see on my photographic journeys. On my last trip up to Idaho and Montana I was able to take some images of Red Fox kits thanks to Bill and Kathleen Pelc of Dillon who pointed out where their den was.<\/p>\n

The light was awful when I photographed the fox kits with gray, cloudy skies overhead. I had no choice but to bump up my ISO to gain some shutter speed.<\/p>\n

The den was on a sagebrush and grass covered hillside and as far as I know there were only three kits or at least I only ever saw three of them. In this photograph the trio of Red Fox kits were close together outside of the den and I liked how they appeared to be waiting for something. Maybe they were waiting for the adult to bring them something to eat.<\/p>\n

I do wish the light had been better because they played and chased each other all over the hillside and I could have gotten some wonderful images of them playing.<\/p>\n

Still, I like this image because when I took it I felt that for a moment I was part of their world and this photo reminds me of that.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Red Fox photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this photograph the trio of Red Fox kits were close together outside of the den and I liked how they appeared to be waiting for something. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,12,262],"tags":[2685,4805,5207,6478,264,156,1632,2164,2817,4057,165,5434,2166,4193],"class_list":["post-40100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-montana","category-red-foxes","tag-den","tag-fox","tag-foxes","tag-kit","tag-kits","tag-low-light-2","tag-mammals","tag-red-fox","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-spring","tag-valley","tag-vulpes-vulpes","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kits-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-2404.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-aqM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1079,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/10\/11\/red-fox-kits-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":40100,"position":0},"title":"Red Fox Kits","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Late last spring I had a wonderful opportunity to photograph young Red Fox kits at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge in northern Utah.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red Fox Kit portrait - horizontal, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kit-portait-mia-mcpherson-1029.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kit-portait-mia-mcpherson-1029.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kit-portait-mia-mcpherson-1029.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kit-portait-mia-mcpherson-1029.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":124082,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/14\/red-fox-kit-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":40100,"position":1},"title":"Red Fox Kit Photos","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Bad weather and bad timing have kept me out of the field for a bit. 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