Red Fox in a Campfire Pit


A red fox searches for food in a campfire pit in Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming.

Life’s been pretty busy lately so as an opportunity to get away for a bit and also to potentially catch a few meteors from the Perseid Meteor Shower this year, I headed out to Shadow Mountain to do a little camping. While I was setting up my tent, right behind me I heard a crunching sound. Naturally, since it was almost completely silent outside, I was a little startled. Upon turning around, however, I saw this little red fox staring at me, sometimes coming up close enough for me to reach out and pet (which I didn’t – I believe in keeping wildlife wild).

I couldn’t quite make out what he was eating off of the ground considering the only thing I saw were rocks, but it definitely had a distinct crunch about it and there wasn’t any other signs of life large enough to make that much noise where he was picking up things to eat. Regardless, I followed him to the next campsite at which point I got this shot where he began scouring in a campfire pit for some leftovers that might have gotten dropped.

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Posted on August 13, 2010.
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  • http://www.campinginwyoming.org Mercedes

    The fox looks really very hungry, it is very skinny. Well great shot you are a professional photographer. That is one of the surprises of camping. You get to observe animals and if got lucky you get to be up close and personal.

  • http://www.cavaroc.com Mike Cavaroc

    Thank you, Mercedes! It definitely did look very skinny, but it was a blast following it around for a short bit while it scrounged the area for food.