Sheridragonfly said:This fox and its sibling must have been born around April , I had seen them crossing the road and down through our yard to nearby fields to hunt mice in the afternoons.
One day the pair came through my yard and one of them just laid down on the concrete cool shady drive and had to rest, stretched out like it had died...
the other sibling fox waited beside it for about 4 minutes and then they scampered off to hunt..
The sibling something has happened to it and it no longer is alive which is sad to us.
The male fox comes by himself to eat fruit, watermelon, loaf bread and drink fresh water every afternoon at our house..Sometimes the deer eat with the fox in the same
area.......
I feel sorry for the fox as it was unable to catch a squirrel the other day and there is little in the woods to eat anymore due to coyotes and wild hogs which are eating all the creatures even eating baby fawns.
The fox would not eat a baby fawn I doubt but a coyote and a wild hog will and do
eat baby fawns..
So here is my fox that is not rabid..healthy and just a lot of joy to watch and photograph him.
One day he lay on our green grass and he pulled himself on his tummy and looked like he was smiling as he pulled himself about 5 foot through the nice cool grassy area ! I just burst out laughing at the Fox who was so appreciative of fresh clean water and bread and fruit and a nicely mowed lawn to play in that afternoon!
This fox just warms my heart and brings me joy to have it visit our home.
Sheridragonfly/Sheri
Sheridragonfly said:I have to add this photo taken yesterday late afternoon
I was so startled to see it as I was looking through my camera lens
waiting to take a photo of the fox through the windows..
well the fox was thirsty and had traveled through the woods on a hot
day here as he does every day then he leaves to cross the highway and hunt
in the fields for mice, so they run a long ways..
The doe does the same...same routine and same place she comes from across the highway
every day twice a day far off ..all her family have done the same over the last 10 years
we have been feeding the wild deer..they bring their babies /fawns to us each fall
and we have seen so many and loved them all ..until nature takes them away
or a hunter...
so take a look at this...the fox is drinking water face to face with the DOE!
She and he drank and then she realized what was drinking about 2 foot from her face
and she was startled and she made the fox leave for a few minutes while she continued to drink
her water....
I doubt I will ever see this again..and wanted to share it with you all.
If someone wants to bump it up somewhere on the site /garden site or place it somewhere where others can
read what happened or see the photo, please do so
Sheridragonfly/SheriT in Alabama USA
Sheridragonfly said:HI Marilyn
now you have me laughing ..a man at church last week asked me how do you know and I said
DUH did you see the picture I took of the fox standing up at the stump eating out of the plate!
Look at him...see his privates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lol
The man and I got a good laugh out of that one..
YES HE IS ALL MALE..THAT FOX..
Sheri
plantmanager said:Thanks, Ann. Our dog is a chicken, and I hope if they meet up he'll bark and run away! We have pics of the fox out in the early morning light and at dusk, so it's possible they could meet.