The foxes of Eastern Siberia (Talan island)


De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h34

Hello the world,

In 1996 I had the opportunity to go to the region of Madagan in Siberia oriental extreme, by the sea of Okhotsk.
From there we took a boat which "dropped" us on the peninsula of Koni (between Madagan and the peninsula of Kamchatka) to take back us one week later and during this time we observed the brown bears, the Steller’s sea eagle, the sea birds, the seals etc.
Then always by boat we were on Talan island for one week approximately.
On this island about 2,5 km2 live important colonies of tufted puffins, horned puffins, parakeet auklet, crested auklet, a nest of Steller’s sea eagle (with a young during our stay), black- legged kittiwake, seagulls, cormorants etc. AND FOXES!
I spent everything in daytime several hours with them, until make the siesta with one of them, played with a roguish female and especially to observe them in ........
Here are some modest pictures of these moments.

First of all, to place you.

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Approach the fox towards the human being

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h37

more pictures

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h39

more pictures (again  :lol: )

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h42

There we drop the big focal

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h44

These foxes, 9 ( 7 observed) on this island which is connected with the continent during winters,
They eat alcidae héhé

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h45

Games

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h46

Hunting

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h48

The "photographer" and his "subject" together

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De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 18 mars 2007 à 11h49

Here is I hope that this visit pleased you?

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De Catherine Lanneluc, le 05 juin 2007 à 17h56

I hope that this visit pleased you?
Sure  :D

It's nice to meet them again, but for the "trombinoscope" I should ask : who among them is Freefox ?  :mrgreen:

De Xavier Blanc, le 05 juin 2007 à 18h23

Et bien cela me donne l'occasion de dire qu'il y a des choses vraiment exceptionnelles dans cette série... Il faudra que tu nous racontes çà plus en détail un jour... I am dreaming of the bears and Steller sea eagles of Kamtchatka for instance...
Ou, à l'américaine : "fantastic, great...."  ;)

Amicalement

Xavier

De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 05 juin 2007 à 21h03

That's the question Cath?  ;)

With dream, our soul can breathe.
To tell that Xavier, Later, maybe.  :D

De Anonymous, le 06 juin 2007 à 19h39

Pfffffttttt de l'angliche, ce n'est pas gentil pour moi ça.  ;)  :mrgreen:

Heureusement, il s'agit d'une histoire en images très facile à comprendre et surtout à apprécier. Et j'apprécie....  :)

Ces photos de renards très amicaux sont impressionnantes, et, comme Xavier, j'espère que tu pourras un de ces jours nous raconter ça de vive voix.

De André Bosmans, le 06 juin 2007 à 19h56

Hey man, wonderfull sighting, hope I can see and capture something like this one day.
You are number one with foxes freefox  :D

De Bernard BLESL, le 06 juin 2007 à 20h02

Nice pictures, guy !

BL

De Freefox Laxenaire thierry, le 07 juin 2007 à 04h18

Thanks a lot Bernard San  :D
Thank you, I hope so Andre!  :D


You are right, a picture is worth one thousand words.
Thanks a lot  :D

Translation in french/ Traduction dans le français:

Tu as raison, une image vaut mille mots.
Remerciements un lot  :D