Check it out, I went to Northwest Trek again last Monday and managed to get new footage of the red foxes there. According to the park's Facebook page, the foxes were named Kamiah and Radar (not sure which fox is which), so hence their names in the video. This footage is actually 2 videos I got of them, but I used windows movie maker to combine them into one. The foxes do tend to be shy and will keep their distance in their enclosures too (they pretty much stayed where they were most of the time in the videos too). The foxes can be hit and miss sometimes too (usually they are out, but not always as I found out when I visited the park back in October).
Fox pictures (here are some of the pictures I took of the foxes below):
Managed to get the foxes to look at the camera a few times. Interestingly, they definitely watch the visitors when they are out, probably just as curious about us humans as we are of the foxes.
The trees and bushes definitely give the red foxes plenty of cover and they can hide out in the woods in their enclosure when they don't want to be seen. Sometimes you can see them hiding in the woods near the back of their enclosure. By the way, their enclosure is huge and you definitely feel like you are in the forest there. On the surface, the foxes might not know that they are in an enclosed environment as opposed to the wild as the enclosure is full of woods and the foxes have plenty of room to wander around. Also, there are 2 foxes present, so at least they do have company. Interestingly, the wolf enclosure is right next door to the foxes too.
You can definitely see the foxes looking back at you. They are like "you watch me, I watch you"
This time around, you can see 2 red foxes looking back at me (Kamiah and Radar are their names, though I wouldn't know which fox is Kamiah and which one is Radar).The trees make it difficult to get a good angle on both of them, though you can definitely see the other one hidden in the bushes on the right.
This fox was curled up. They are probably not used to being up during the day considering that in the wild, red foxes tend to be most active between dusk and dawn (basically nocturnal creatures). It would be comparable to use humans being up all night (for example, working a graveyard shift at a business where you are up all night).
Managed to get a closer up photo of the fox. Was trying to get a better angle of him. Interestingly, brave crows tend to hang around the exhibit too (like the ones you can hear in the video). The crows are brave to be landing there considering that foxes are carnivores (much like their wolf and coyote counterparts) and could go after the birds if they are hungry enough (especially after the park closes and everyone is gone for the day and nobody is around)
This fox was posing for the camera. They are probably used to people getting pictures of them. Though interestingly, there aren't very many videos of these guys on youtube (I actually started that thread last year too).
Here are 2 foxes together. Definitely keep each other company
Another closeup
This fox was curled up and looking back. Would have gotten more photos, but didn't want to spend too much time at the fox exhibit (have other ones to see as well).
That is all for the fox photos for now. Tentatively planning to go on another trip to Northwest Trek with my friend, Daniel in a few weeks from now, and will try to get more footage of the red foxes then as well (assuming they are out of course).
Bonus footage: here was one of the first videos I got of the foxes when I was there last year (used my tablet for that video)
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