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Young Master Speck

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Young Master Speck
Among all Alaska’s wildlife, is there any like our Foxes for hitting the precise nexus of beautiful, handsome and cute… Chignik Lake, April 1, 2017

Studio Fox

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Studio Fox – Pausing to perhaps contemplate a recent meal or the next one on a wet morning in late fall, this fox and I encountered each other at the boat landing where an assortment of fuel drums, an abandoned truck and other objects made for a interesting background. Shooting with a long lens and a wide-open aperture helped create this bokehed background. Chignik River, November 27, 2017

Frost in March Sunshine

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Frost in March Sunshine – One of our all-time favorite foxes, Frost often slept on the sunny bank just below our home at The Lake. March 26, 2017

The Fox We Called Skit

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Photographic portrait of the Red Fox fox we named Skit. Chignik Lake, Alaska.
The Fox We Called Skit Foxes were attracted to the Spruce Grove where we had hung several bird feeders. The birds attracted them, no doubt, but they also ate seeds from the ground and probably caught a vole now and then. Skit was skittish and his right eye was bad. I was fortunate to get his left side in good light. Chignik Lake, 1/2/17

A Portrait of Kate

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A Portrait of Kate In truth, I do not know whether the regal fox we called Kate was male or female. One winter evening while I was photographing birds at the Spruce Grove she came by, and for a moment presented herself in the most beautiful chiaroscuro lighting, the last evening light breaking through spruce boughs.

Frost Fox – of the Chignik Lake Foxes

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Frost Our first year at The Lake, we got to know seven different Red Foxes well enough to name them. Each had different facial features and individual personalities. Here is Frost, named for her whitish face and brightness of the white parts of her coat and tail. It’s often difficult to distinguish sexes in foxes, especially during the winter season when their coats are full, but we referred to Frost as “she.” Of the seven foxes, she was the smallest, perhaps in her first year, and the most likely to bark at other foxes, or for attention from us. I made this portrait a little after sunset on December 31, 2016.