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Catalina Collared Fox
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Catalina Collared Fox

by Ed Williams

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted July 6, 2014300 views4 comments
This little Catalina Island Fox apparently has developed the habit of sitting in one spot at the side of the road to look for handouts from the tourists that drive by according to the bus driver. It was there both coming and going several hours apart. Since they are the apex predators on Catalina Island, they don't seem too disturbed by the cars and people going by. We were lucky enough to spot a second Catalina Island Fox along the route that wasn't so dependent on passers by.

Canon 60D, f6.3, iso400, -0.3 Exp bias, 210 mm (100-400 IS lens) about 75% of original handheld from a bus.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on July 6, 2014 at 8:08 PM
Pretty cool, Ed. I have spent quite a bit of time on Catalina and I've never seen one of these foxes. :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Carl Battreall on July 12, 2014 at 1:02 AM
Too bad people never learn not to feed wildlife.
Registered on August 29, 2007, 24 Posts, 222 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 12, 2014 at 2:28 AM
This image sums up very well two of the worst abuse of Wildlife we humans undertake.

Feeding of animals is deplorable, causing reliance and worse still danger from being near to roads.

Collaring is in my opinion not dangerous but totally pointless, this constant desire to "learn" about animals behaviour has seemingly become the only way to employ otherwise largely useless students who contribute nothing to our understanding of animal behaviour that could not be achieved by just watching. Has it ever saved an animal or improved its living conditions?
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 14, 2014 at 7:43 PM
Nice image showing the color - though the lighting is not ideal. I would prefer to see the proximity of the fox to the road or other man-made structures to really drive it home.
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments