A newborn South African bat eared fox learns to stalk and hunt birds at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. Born in late April this youngster and his four siblings, not pictured, have just recently emerged from their birthing den and are now learning how to explore and hunt.(Ken Bohn/Zoological Society of San Diego/Associated Press)
Learning to "stalk and hunt birds," eh? Good luck with that. Otocyon megalotis is unique among the fox-like canids in being highly insectivorous, specializing in eating dung beetles and harvester termites, the latter making up nearly 70% of their diet. They do go after occasional birds, but I’m guessing that they usually hunt species much smaller than this corvid.
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Plus - I doubt ravens or crows often fall prey to ground predators. I have seen crows eating spilled fast-food off the street in a busy intersection. They seemed to understand the traffic lights and knew just when to stroll over to the side and wait. Smart birds.
And that's no newborn fox cub. I'd say more like 3 months old.