FOXES

Friday, June 11th, 2020 

Our foxes are back, a new family at least.  Before I go to bed each night I do a nightly check to make sure everything is locked up, and the garage door is down.  There have been occasions when we have forgotten. I also always look out front and back to make sure all is quiet.  This is a habit I have carried out my whole life.  My parents taught me to be cautious. 

As I look through the window I was startled but  delighted, to see a very cute fox kit on our front step, and then it was joined by two of its equally cute siblings. Hubs had gone to bed but I quietly told him about the foxes and he came down.  

We watched as they moved off the step onto the grassy area, where they played for 20 minutes or so, chasing each other across the grass, sometimes in circles, and running around the tree.  One of them spotted me and stopped, statue-like. It seemed as though our eyes locked for a few seconds, and then it rejoined the chase.  

That was the best entertainment of the night, just before midnight.  A lovely end to the day for sure, though I woke up at three a.m., and did a quick check to see if they were still around.  One was stretched out fast asleep, siblings were maybe doing the same thing out of sight.  In the morning they were gone. 

(Not only bears are roaming the area. I wonder how I would have reacted if I saw one of those on the front step?)  

I wish I could have taken decent photos.  I managed a few with my cell phone and though very blurry, at least they are a memory.

This happened last Friday and I haven’t seen them since.  The sight of our foxes was certainly a gift🦊🦊🦊 as who knows when they will be back.   

Thanks for stopping by everyone. 

THERE WERE THESE THREE FOX CUBS....

I had quite a surprise when I came home a couple of days ago, after running a few errands.  Three young Foxes were playing near the drainage ditch in the front of our house.  When they saw my car coming they ran into the ditch.  I went inside, grabbed my camera and patiently waited hoping they would appear again.

This is only the fourth sighting of foxes near our house in 24 years.  To say I was thrilled is an understatement.

Not the sharpest pictures because they were still too far away and I cropped.

The braver of the three would come out first, and the other two would follow a couple of minutes later.

I wondered if they actually lived down in the ditch as they were scrawny and unkempt.   It seemed to me that they were waiting for someone, their mother perhaps.  Later I saw one of the siblings in the back garden, and I followed to see what he was up to.

He waited and then ran off....

and eventually joined his siblings.

After one of those kind of days where it was very frustrating in part, this ended on a good note, it was a gift.  Funny how that happens isn't it?

I wish I could transplant them to nicer accommodations, but hopefully their mother returned and took them to a less built up area. You can bet I'll be checking to see if they are still around tomorrow.  I expect their mother told them to stay down in the ditch out of sight but you know, cubs being cubs, they get bored and need to work off some energy.

Added note: since writing this post I have seen them several times.  Their den is definitely in the ditch.  I went out to get the mail today and there were two of them playing.  One of my neighbors had also stopped her car to get out to take photos.  We had a nice chat about them, both very concerned for their welfare.   It is dark now and looking through the window I see them playing on the front grass.  I wonder how long they will stay?  I know nothing of the habits of foxes.



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