{"id":57223,"date":"2019-04-14T05:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T11:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57223"},"modified":"2025-05-24T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:22:17","slug":"surprise-red-fox-on-a-box-elder-county-hillside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/04\/14\/surprise-red-fox-on-a-box-elder-county-hillside\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Red Fox On A Box Elder County Hillside"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RedRed Fox on a hillside – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 800, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

While photographing a pair of Red-tailed Hawks mating and nest building yesterday I caught some movement with my peripheral vision and because I know it is important to look beyond the viewfinder I lowered my lens, looked towards the movement and to my surprise I spotted a Red Fox moving on the hillside.<\/p>\n

The female Red-tailed Hawk perched on a nearby rock must have seen the fox about the same time I did because she lifted off and flew to a higher rock. After she lifted off, I pointed out the fox to my companion.<\/p>\n

I was able to lift my gear, focus on the fox, and take a few images of it staring in my direction before it ran up the hill and out of my sight. I wondered at the time if the fox had a den in the rocks below where the female hawk had been perched.<\/p>\n

The fox’s coat was damp so it may have spent the night curled up in the rocks and I know it had rained in the area because even the shoulders of the road were still wet and I even saw some fresh snow at slightly higher elevations.<\/p>\n

I don’t see and photograph foxes as often as I would like to so this Red Fox was a surprise to me because I’d never seen one at this location before.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I don’t see and photograph foxes as often as I would like to so this Red Fox was a surprise to me because I’d never seen one at this location before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1148,262,26],"tags":[4004,7067,4098,4805,5207,4109,751,2164,4470,4018,165,2166],"class_list":["post-57223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-red-foxes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-damp","tag-desert","tag-fox","tag-foxes","tag-grasses","tag-hillside","tag-red-fox","tag-rocks","tag-sky","tag-spring","tag-vulpes-vulpes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-hillside-mia-mcpherson-8540.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eSX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40100,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/21\/trio-of-red-fox-kits-in-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":57223,"position":0},"title":"Trio of Red Fox Kits in Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Three Red Fox Kits, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kits-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-2404.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-kits-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-2404.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kits-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-2404.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-fox-kits-sagebrush-mia-mcpherson-2404.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1079,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/10\/11\/red-fox-kits-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":57223,"position":1},"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":57223,"position":2},"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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