The Red Fox and the Rabbit

The fox limped as it walked with a healed injury to its back right leg — hunting the edges of marsh along a road through the refuge. It showed no interest in the rabbit behind it.

16 July 2023

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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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The Red Fox and the Rabbit

The fox limped as it walked with a healed injury to its back right leg — hunting the edges of marsh along a road through the refuge. It showed no interest in the rabbit behind it.

16 July 2023

© 2023 — Ryan Van Meter — All Rights Reserved — No Reuse Without Permission — License

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

A survey of species of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (MD) and the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (DE) (July 2023)

25 Observations

17 Identified Species

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Personal favorites from across my collections — for the aesthetics, or the light, or the moment.

20 Photos

Mumbai, India

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Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2024)

Lete, Nepal (May 2013)

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

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