Fox

ronwoodcraft · May 23, 2026

A while back I had someone contact me and said they had a strange fox visiting their property. It has been on their security camera numerous times. They said that after researching, they thought it was a rare Piebald Cross Fox. I looked at the pictures from their security camera and tend to believe they are right though I had never heard of a Piebald fox. I had this picture on a DSLR camera trap this morning and this one has shed it's winter fur so much that I can't tell much of anything other than it's in the Red Fox family.
Canon T4i, Canon 17-40L lens, Cognisys Scout Trail Monitor, and two SB28's. He trots down this road pretty fast, so I put the beam break sensor across the road about 15' from anticipated camera view area, and set it to take five shots when triggered.
It's a driveway so I couldn't put anything in the road to crowd him to ensure focus, so I focused on the far side of the road figuring it would make a wide detour around my camera box, flashes, etc.

DizzyDigger · May 23, 2026

I definitely see the red fox traits, but yeah....that silver is kinda odd.

Have you considered sending that pic off to one of the F&G biologists
and have them give you an opinion? They love this kind of stuff, and it
just might make their day! :thumbsup:

ronwoodcraft · May 24, 2026

DizzyDigger said:
I definitely see the red fox traits, but yeah....that silver is kinda odd.

Have you considered sending that pic off to one of the F&G biologists
and have them give you an opinion? They love this kind of stuff, and it
just might make their day!

Thanks Mike, I think this is a cross fox. We just found a poor quality trail cam picture of a different fox that looks like a Piebald... Here's a copy and paste from the land owner. : Both are definitely red foxes, but the cross fox is an uncommon color morph (i.e., a mutation, where there is a dark line down the back which spans shoulder to shoulder) found in red foxes. According to a biologist friend, they’re likely both cross fox, but it’s hard to tell in the first fox photo without a view from the top due to the current state of molt. The lighter one is definitely a cross color morph with piebald, so he says it’s a mutant with a mutation.