Fox Pup Playing with Rat, Prairie in Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022

Finalist Wildlife · July 2022

Fox Pup Playing with Rat

Photographed by Shane Morrison

This pup or kit was playing toss with a wood rat at the crack of dawn. I watched him do this multiple times with different food items, or dead animals. I am a behavioral ecologist as well as wildlife photographer and writer studying Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox). They are the smallest canid in North America, about the size of a house cat. The Southern Plains Wood Rat (Neotoma micropus) is a large rodent.

Award
Finalist — Wildlife, July 2022
Location
Prairie in Colorado, USA
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Focal length
840mm
Shutter
1/800s
Aperture
f/5.6
ISO
ISO 4000
  • fox
  • nature
  • plains
  • rat
  • sunrise
  • swift fox
  • wildlife

The July 2022 Wildlife award

Winner and finalists

All 2022 Wildlife
Meerkat sibling love, Southern Kalahari, South Africa. Wildlife photograph by Lee Downing, winner of the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Winner Lee Downing Meerkat sibling love Asian Paradise Flycatcher feeding, Malaysia. Wildlife photograph by ChanOnn Fong, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 ChanOnn Fong Asian Paradise Flycatcher feeding Lion King, Kruger Park, South Africa. Wildlife photograph by Coen Oelofse, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Coen Oelofse Lion King. Young Red-tailed Hawk takes flight, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Shane Morrison Young Red-tailed Hawk takes flight Lets play!, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA. Wildlife photograph by Sisel Lan, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Sisel Lan Lets play! That is MY breakfast!, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA. Wildlife photograph by Sisel Lan, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Sisel Lan That is MY breakfast! Family Portrait, My front yard. Woodland Park, CO, USA. Wildlife photograph by Jamie Johnston, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Jamie Johnston Family Portrait Momma, Our backyard. Woodland Park, CO. Wildlife photograph by Jamie Johnston, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Jamie Johnston Momma Mongolian Eagle Hunters in the River. Wildlife photograph by Martha Bohn, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Martha Bohn Mongolian Eagle Hunters in the River

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1 win · 40 finalist places

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Pine Marten, Sliver Gate, Montana, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2024 Wildlife · July 2024 Swift Foxes at Sunset, Southeastern Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2024 Wildlife · July 2024 Sunrise after Ice Storm, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, December 2023 Landscape · December 2023 Leaping Mountain Fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, December 2023 Wildlife · December 2023 Swift Fox with Wood Rat, Great Plains of Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2023 Wildlife · July 2023 Bighorn Sheep Ram, Waterton Canyon, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, April 2023 Wildlife · April 2023 Ghost of the Rainforest. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, winner of the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, September 2022 Winner Wildlife · September 2022 Young Red-tailed Hawk takes flight, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2022 Wildlife · July 2022 Lubber Grasshoppers, Chico Basin Ranch, Colorado. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, May 2022 Wildlife · May 2022 The Fight, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, December 2021 Wildlife · December 2021 Anticipating the Catch, Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, December 2021 Wildlife · December 2021 Surprise Attack, Chico Basin Ranch, Southestern Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, September 2021 Wildlife · September 2021 Sunrise over Wupatki, Wupatki Plains, Arizona, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, August 2021 Landscape · August 2021 Evening Storm, Teton Range, Lake Jackson, Wyoming, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, July 2021 Landscape · July 2021 The Catch, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, July 2021 Wildlife · July 2021 Mount Moran Reflection, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, June 2021 Landscape · June 2021 Young Owl, Black Forest, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, April 2021 Wildlife · April 2021 Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, February 2021 Landscape · February 2021 Sunset over the Tetons, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, February 2021 Landscape · February 2021 In Deep, Black Forest, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, February 2021 Wildlife · February 2021 Wilson Peak at Sunrise. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, January 2021 Landscape · January 2021 Vixen, Black Forest, Colorado, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, January 2021 Wildlife · January 2021 Sunset over the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA. Landscape photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, December 2020 Landscape · December 2020 Vixen, Black Forest, CO, USA. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, December 2020 Wildlife · December 2020