Saturday Critters #495

The Red Winged Blackbirds are everywhere you look here at the Jersey Shore, 

I usually hear them before I see them. 

They have been posing nicely for pictures recently, they are usually quick to fly off.

These are 2 new pictures although they look very similar to others I have shared!

I shared the following story back on May 27th of this year, about the fox family I have been visiting. 

If you are familiar with that you could skip the following narrative, the images are new.

"In May of 2021, I first became aware of a family of Fox living under the boardwalk in 

Ocean Grove.

 We took several trips to see them before they came out of the den 

and up in sight, while I was there, and able to get pictures.

 I was thrilled to photograph this Red Fox Family and I shared those pictures from May 2021 here.

Now, it has happened again.

 They have taken up residence in the same den at the North End Pavilion 

which was destroyed by a fire back in 2019.

As you can imagine, this family of Red Fox ~ Mom, Pop and 5 Pups ~ are getting a lot of attention.

The beach may seem like an odd spot to see a Fox Family, 

yet it is in fact very common as Fox are indigenous to the beach area.

It is believed they will stay in this den for 6 - 8 weeks and then move on!"

I have yet to see mom and dad this year, the pups come out frequently.

Sharing today's images with Eileen at 

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