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2 youngsters! I was walking by what I always suspected to be a Groundhog burrow, when I saw this brave (baby) fox looking at me from on top of the burrow (you can see the mound of the burrow under his/her feet). I watched him shuffle around a little for about 5 minutes, when his/her brother/sister walked out of the burrow. This little one walked back into the forest and started playing (about 4 meters from the burrow) out of sight. After a while, they both went back into the burrow and I didn't see them for the rest of the day. I hope to find them again! The whole time I was photographing they didn't show any signs of fear, and I stayed about 4m back (how far the trail was from the den). I'm going to be adding more pictures to the observation so let me know if you want me to tag you when I do.

1-24-20 Bald Eagle eating a duck or a raven.

This adult had stolen the meal from a small group of juvenile eagles which were squabbling over it. When I walked over to see what it was eating it skreeled & hissed at me to stay back and resumed its repast.

Then, it gave me "The Glare" - the one that drives nightmares so I backed out of its territory - about a foot, and it went back to ripping it's meal apart and gulping down large chunks of meat, bones, feathers.

We have over 500 Bald Eagles here and while both life forms have learned to have respect for each other it is well understood by us lesser creatures that at certain times of year (nesting season) - Eagles Rule. They've been practicing Dino's for a long time, apparently lack any sense of humor and have no compunctions about attacking intruders about the head and shoulders. A bird with a 6 foot wing span and 3+ inch really dirty talons can do a lot of damage.

Some nesting eagle pairs are known to be very territorial and more aggressive so... most folks here - when near those nest sites avoid wearing certain kinds of hats (no one knows for sure which kind since hats and eagle strikes vary from year to year), shiny reflective things or pushing rattling carts out of the Post Office between May and September.

The last two fotos show how the bird will anchor its beak and then extract its talons before moving its foot to a new spot while eating. This helps hold down the prey and prevent it from being stolen by other eagles. If you toggle the images back and forth you can see the action.