RedFox
The Sly Red Fox
Mar/12/2021 11:38 AM
As Spring has begun to make its presence known we've seen an uptick in animal movement. I put my trail cam behind our house to see if the natural passageway that animals follow would show any increase in activity. Bingo! This Red Fox showed up on the breakfast hunt and warily peeked up over the rise to see what might be happening in the human zone. I love the body posture—sort of a combination of tense and calm all at the same time. It's fun to discover that animals are on the move all around us, even when we're not seeing them directly.
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Red Fox
Feb/01/2020 03:33 PM
THIS PAST SPRING we were fortunate to have a mother fox choose the slope leading up to Oak Tree park as a den site for her kits. We were able to look out our kitchen window and see the kits playing on the hillside when the mother allowed them out. They would sneak up on each other and stage mock attacks, rolling and tumbling in balls of red fur. Once the foliage began to thicken it was harder to see them but they'd still appear now and then. The den is still visible from the edge of Oak Tree park but the gang cleared out long ago. I wonder if we'll see any of them back this spring? This little beauty patrols on the Cornfield trail at all hours of the day and night. I last saw him/her sitting down on the trail around 7:30 am waiting for some squirrels to get hungry enough to venture out for the day.
Photo taken: January 23, 2020, Trail below Higgins Way and Moser Street and the adjacent cornfield.
Photo taken: January 23, 2020, Trail below Higgins Way and Moser Street and the adjacent cornfield.