Red Fox 001

I was working in my wood shop and was fortunate to have had my camera with me as this young red fox showed up. It had just rained so everything was wet and colorful.

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Red Fox 002

From its size it seems to be a young one from this year so I don’t know why it is alone. At least I haven’t seen any other fox around. I was thinking they hung with their parents until later in the year so maybe the parents have been killed.

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Red Fox 003

Shortly after I took this photo I did see it jump in the grass and get a mouse.

Karla and I have noticed several dead shrews along our trails lately. Sounds like fox will kill shrews but rarely eat them as a shrew has a scent gland that produces an oily secretion that is rather distasteful. This little guy must be hunting regularly along our trails.

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Red Fox 004

He or she didn’t seem very scared of me and even sat down. I was in the shop shooting out of the door so I am sure that made it less fearful.

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Red Fox 005

When the sun came out the next morning I ran into the fox again.

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Red Fox 006

It looked so cute with the sunshine on its fur.

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Red Fox 007

We have two of our granddaughters staying with us tonight. After supper we see the fox coming up the road and go around the house. The girls run to the bedroom window and the fox comes down the trail.

All of a sudden it stops and looks into the taller grass. After about 20 seconds of standing perfectly still it springs into the air and comes down front feet first, right on top of a mouse! It grabs it and eats it in the middle of the trail. Silje said “I can’t believe we saw a fox catch and eat a mouse right in front of us”. They are going to remember that for some time.

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