Red Fox

[RobS]

Caught this guy roaming the field beside the house. Shot from my garage. I'm pretty sure it's a Red Fox though we do have plenty of Coyote in the area. Anyone know how to differentiate between them?

 

[sjc]

Hi:
Looks to be a coyote. The color phases for coyotes will run from a lite brown to almost all black with all kinds of colors in between. The red fox will run from red to almost all grey with some red; the main identifying feature of the red fox is the white tip on the tail. If it has the white tip on the tail it is identified as a red fox. Hope this helps.

 

[RoyJackson]

Nice pics, Rob!!!
What kind of camera are ya using?

BTW, guess what my desktop is now...?

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Those are some absolutely fantastic shots of, uh, well, uh, coyote.

Coyote or fox is no matter, the pictures are wonderful.

 

[BizDoc]

Fantastic pics, definitely a Coyote. I see several fox around my house, both red and grey, and we hear the coyotes on a frequent basis, but we haven't been able to get a look at the coyotes around our house, they're just too wary. With all the fox and coyotes around our house the rabbit population is rather sparse, and they take their toll on the turkey. In the spring we would see a hen with seven to eight poults, but as summer comes on that number dwindles down to 3 or 4.

 

[RobS]

OK guys, I went back through all my pics and no white on the tail so I guess it's wiley coyote, eh? I thought it might have been a bit large for a fox but seemed red enough. A neighbor came upon a coyote eating a turkey recently. I'd love to get some decent pics of the local turkeys but they are more wary than any of the other wildlife I see. Thanks for the help!

Roy, camera is Canon 30D. Shot this with 70-200 plus 2x converter. f5.6, 1/60s at ISO 400, handheld! Actually, braced on my truck hood or the garage door jamb. And this is now my desktop also!

 

[motepoc]

Any idea what the dark thing is in the third picture to the left and down a little of the fox/coyote?

 

[shvl73]

Any idea what the dark thing is in the third picture to the left and down a little of the fox/coyote?

Good catch! I just looked again. Could he have been interupted during a meal?

 

[Bill Barrett]

Roy your fickle, just little bit ago it was tractor tires!

 

[RobS]

Any idea what the dark thing is in the third picture to the left and down a little of the fox/coyote?

I saw the dark thing too, he didn't pay any attention to it. He spent about five minutes roaming the field, pounced once on something small and moved on. With all the rain we've had lately, the dark thing is probably a large fungus.

 

[ToadHill]

It must be a coyote, Red Fox was the guy on Sanford and Son.

 

[motepoc]

Nope, you have to double the dx. lol

 

[MLinOleMiss]

Definitely a coyote, a fox will be much smaller and will very seldom be seen in daylight.

 

[jinman]

Caught this guy roaming the field beside the house. Shot from my garage. I'm pretty sure it's a Red Fox though we do have plenty of Coyote in the area. Anyone know how to differentiate between them?

Yep! Definitely a coyote. If they weren't so ruthless, they would be one of my favorite animals. Of course, being so ruthless is the primary trait leading to their survival. You can bet the coyote knows exactly where you are and just how close he can safely come. When I used to mow a field at my dad's place, a coyote would come out of the woods and chase field mice behind my tractor about 150'. If I stopped and got off the tractor, he would run back into the edge of the woods and stand there until I got back on the tractor. Smart...too darn smart.

 

[RobS]

I walk in the early morning often and saw three of them about a year ago. Heard a pack of them earlier this summer, sounded like they were right outside the bedroom window. It's definitely eerie with them out there.

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Rob,
Where is your 22-250 when you really need it ?

The farmer up the road from me dispatches them with just that when they get close to his chicken coop !

 

[ore540]

I saw the dark thing too, he didn't pay any attention to it. He spent about five minutes roaming the field, pounced once on something small and moved on. With all the rain we've had lately, the dark thing is probably a large fungus.

My favorite thing about coyotes, those little critters they get. I enjoy watching them hunt in my field. Anything that eats gophers is a friend of mine. And the coyotes and foxes won't dig the craters that my lab likes to make.

 

[L3650]

Heard a pack of them earlier this summer, sounded like they were right outside the bedroom window. It's definitely eerie with them out there.

I had four or five of them shadow me coming out of the woods last year during bow season. I kept an arrow in my hand. Figured I could use it better that way than with the bow. They followed me out of the woods and across a 40 acre (1/4 mile) meadow and almost all the way back to the truck. That was beyond eerie. I was alone and that made it more than scary. They stayed just at the edge of flashlight range, and were all around me. I kept yelling and waving my arms. It felt like they were sizing me up.

 

[TedLaRue]

Originally posted by L3650
had four or five of them shadow me coming out of the woods last year

That had to be spooky. People claim to have seen coyotes around here, but I haven't seen one yet.

RobS, thanks for some excellent photos.

 

[3RRL]

Rob,
That is definitely a coyote. I have tons of them around my property. There are like 5 or 6 different packs that howl and yip all night long from different parts of the small valley we camp in.
Here are a couple pictures of re foxes.
There is a striking difference in color and size.