Foxes!
We have foxes!
I knew we did, but have never really seen them. I have now! Woohoo!
It is truly the happiest thing I've seen in months.
We've known about the vixen for a few years, since we've seen her different times of the year. The most recently was this past spring with her haunches looking ghastly from pulling her fur out to line the den.
I've also seen tracks in the snow, usually going down the driveway to cross over to the creek. It's amazing, the fox jumped across the road - 1 hop! I looked one night when there was no traffic and snow covering - there were no tracks anywhere in the road, but tracks on either side showing where it jumped and landed. I was, and still am, amazed!
But to actually SEE them, in the yard, during the day - it's one of those little miracles that modern society rarely is afforded.
1 of ours has no tail! I saw him earlier this AM, which made me wonder if it was truly a fox or a stray dog of unknown ancestry (yes, fancy wording for "mutt"). Well, about an hour later, I heard a strange call outside our front door. I looked and there was the tailess wonder, along with 2 other foxes with tails! How grand a sight!
To me, it's a bit early for this far north to be breeding, but it's worked for them this long, so it must be ok. And with the number of mice and chipmunks we have on our property, it should be good hunting for the vixen when she has her pups/kits.
The miracle of hope brought to me in a 30-second sighting of a couple of fox. It's worth more than anything else in the world right now.
I knew we did, but have never really seen them. I have now! Woohoo!
It is truly the happiest thing I've seen in months.
We've known about the vixen for a few years, since we've seen her different times of the year. The most recently was this past spring with her haunches looking ghastly from pulling her fur out to line the den.
I've also seen tracks in the snow, usually going down the driveway to cross over to the creek. It's amazing, the fox jumped across the road - 1 hop! I looked one night when there was no traffic and snow covering - there were no tracks anywhere in the road, but tracks on either side showing where it jumped and landed. I was, and still am, amazed!
But to actually SEE them, in the yard, during the day - it's one of those little miracles that modern society rarely is afforded.
1 of ours has no tail! I saw him earlier this AM, which made me wonder if it was truly a fox or a stray dog of unknown ancestry (yes, fancy wording for "mutt"). Well, about an hour later, I heard a strange call outside our front door. I looked and there was the tailess wonder, along with 2 other foxes with tails! How grand a sight!
To me, it's a bit early for this far north to be breeding, but it's worked for them this long, so it must be ok. And with the number of mice and chipmunks we have on our property, it should be good hunting for the vixen when she has her pups/kits.
The miracle of hope brought to me in a 30-second sighting of a couple of fox. It's worth more than anything else in the world right now.
Labels: animal conservation, fox, nature
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