Finding the fox: A Susanville wildlife photographer was the first to get a professional picture of the elusive, endangered Sierra Nevada red fox—and his search is not over

Finding the fox: A Susanville wildlife photographer was the first to get a professional picture of the elusive, endangered Sierra Nevada red fox—and his search is not over

In December 2020, wildlife photographer Randy Robbins was walking in the woods by his Susanville, Calif., home when he came across a dead doe covered with a layer of frost. He used his cell phone to take a picture of her (she was too close for the 400-millimeter lens he was carrying), and he posted it to social media.  Robbins titled the photo “Full Circle,” and in 2024, it became the first photo taken with a smartphone camera to win an award in…