June 11, 2011 Mother Fox

After our encounter with the family if foxes last weekend we decided to go back to the same area to see how they were doing.  When approaching the cliff area the female fox was on top of the rocks watching as we approached.   Once in the area she came towards us but stayed in a safe distance.  We could tell she was not afraid of us at all and very curious.  We noticed a couple of deer legs laying around the area so we knew she and the babies were well fed.  The babies were no where in sight.  She hung around us for quite some time and wanted to see what was in our backpacks.  At one time she tried to make away with one of our jackets.  In this picture I was standing right behind my back as she approached my pack.  We also saw around the area some items she must have found around the camping area.