Red Fox at Skellefteå

Skellefteå, where the Skellefteälven river meets the Gulf of Bothnia amid Västerbotten's boreal forest, mire, and river valley, offers a fittingly wild backdrop for tracking Red Fox in this taiga landscape. March visits, timed with Northern Sweden's Eagles In Winter, give photographers a chance to work this northern coastal terrain while the season's snow cover still lingers. The mix of forest edge and open river valley here provides varied settings for framing foxes against the taiga's stark late-winter light. Patience and a willingness to work the wider landscape will serve well in this remote corner of northern Scandinavia.