Swift Fox Portrait

by Judi Dressler

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Swift Fox Portrait

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Judi Dressler

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Photograph - Photography

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I was overjoyed to be able to watch a Swift Fox family, with mom, dad, and four kits from the car window. They were rather far away, but at one point, the mom came walking towards us and then stopped and looked straight at us -- whereupon my heart almost skipped a beat. Isn't she beautiful?

The swift fox is a small fox around the size of a domestic housecat. It received the name "swift" fox because of it's speediness, which I witnessed! Swift foxes are nocturnal, vocal and non-territorial. They spend more time underground in their burrows than any other canid. Although they are social animals, they keep one mate throughout their lifetime.

Although they used to be common and widely distributed in western grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains, such as in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, swift foxes have experienced significant population declines and are now estimated to occupy less than half of their historic range in the United States. The main problem is conversion of grasslands into agricultural land.

Photo taken on June 6, 2019. in the Pawneed Grasslands of Colorado.

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Tied for 2nd Place in FAA's 4-LEGGED WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY contest on 6/29/19

Tied for 3rd place in FAA's COLORADO WILD ANIMAL PORTRAIT contest, on 11/18/2023

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June 13th, 2019

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