old Europa!

Thank you Roger! :)

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 "mmm!.. the beautiful just released phaesant!..

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 .. and so few wild!..

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 .. and who is going to enj..

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 .. who are these guies?!..

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 .. no way to keep my prey!.."

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Poor fox!.. new competitors now in The East of France.. 

the end

totally unfair you big-yellow-eyed jackals!!

This is purely modern Europe. Following the way golden jackals are spreading through the territory is something fascinating. I am sure Pyrennees will prevent them from messing with Iberian lynxes.
I think it is also because wolf populations are really small or these jackals wouldn't risk. Red foxes are the most relisient of the wild dogs so I am sure they will learn how to steal pheasants from jackals.
Really wonderful pictures!

Beautiful photos! I love the bright colored moss against the orange fox!

spacelab wrote:

totally unfair you big-yellow-eyed jackals!!

  yes jackals use to hunt by couples and even by little packs so they have a gang behaviour!

Roger wrote:

This is purely modern Europe. Following the way golden jackals are spreading through the territory is something fascinating. I am sure Pyrennees will prevent them from messing with Iberian lynxes.
I think it is also because wolf populations are really small or these jackals wouldn't risk. Red foxes are the most relisient of the wild dogs so I am sure they will learn how to steal pheasants from jackals.
Really wonderful pictures!

 Yes Pyrenees will stop them for a time but more surely, the wolves who don't bear their competition: no jackals on wolves territories! Foxes are very resilient but even for them, the times they are changing with all these new competitors in France: wolves, lynces, golden jackals, racoons and very soon racoon-dogs!.. fortunatly for them, the hunters go on to feed them with released small games: 2 millions pheasants are released every year by hunters whose half are caught by foxes! 

Joliezac wrote:

Beautiful photos! I love the bright colored moss against the orange fox!

 I know you are a full and bright colours lover!   Thank you Jolie! :)

Wonderful photos again. Pheasants were introduced in Western Europe, so definitely new Europe. Foxes still have an easy life in the UK, because there are no wolves and no jackals and Wikipedia says that 30 million! pheasants are released in the UK every year.

Wonderful story in this beautiful forest! Poor pheasant, but interesting rivalry between fox and jackals!

Other interesting story in this photo sequence.

The pheasant was in the most dangerous place.

Many thanks to you four Andreas, Roger, Bonnie and Fernando!

Interesting correlation with the jackals in Europe and coyotes in North America. The loss of wolves seems to be the common factor. Foxes here don't seem to have too many difficulties, so hopefully those in Europe will adapt also.

Coyotes in North America have hybridized with wolves as they have pushed east into new territory; is the same true with jackals? Or are there too few wolves remaining in western Europe for it to have been a factor?

In the balkanic areas, it seems there is no jackals on territoty of wolves.. In France, Jackals arrived in Alsace and Jura where there are no wolves too! :)

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Very sad story... For the insect 

Everybody needs to eat!  

Many thanks to you both Andreas and Christophe!

Love the heron!

How much does it worth to pray? It doesn't matter how devoted you are, there's always a heron around.
Aaah, I am eager to see the Papo spoonbill on your pictures!

Now I know why that heron got so big!

Many thanks to you three Jolie, Rogério and Constantin!

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I like how your photos reflect the often nocturnal habits of the robin! :)