I was tramping along Linnean Stream when a small, thin red fox with a thin, raggedy tail caught my eye. It cautiously watched me as I tried to take a few photos. It blended into the background so well that it was hard to determine whether the fox would even be in the picture. We spent a few moments studying each other. Then it bounded off.
Do you see it? Let’s zoom in.
Fox
Though foxes are active mostly at night and try to avoid humans, they do come out during the day. Fox activity and sightings will continue well into the winter months and beyond. Marjorie Rachlin has described what we’ll see and hear as their mating season begins in January, and in March ,the pups arrive.
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Glenn Ellmers says
I live at Van Ness East and my apartment faces toward the park. I also often go out the back (park-facing) door of the building. I regularly see deer wander onto our property to nibble on the landscaping. Once I was fortunate to see a fox. He was similarly furtive, and scampered back into the underbrush pretty quickly. This one of my favorite things about our neighborhood!
Diana Hart says
We are honored and privileged to live with wildlife. We encroach on them far more than vice versa. Thank you for shining a light on the mostly silent creatures in our midst.