That's Wild

This morning a fox suddenly raced into the pasture, and attempted to run down one of the grey squirrels that were eating the crow food I put out. It was quite a show, and the fox didn't go home hungry. It stayed for a while and cleaned up the crow food, too. (crow food=soaked cat kibble, seeds, dried fruit, nuts) Fox used to be abundant in our area but I think the growing coyote population has pushed them out. It was wonderful to see this healthy animal, and it even came back later in the evening to snack some more.

This morning a fox suddenly raced into the pasture, and attempted to run down one of the grey squirrels that were eating the crow food I put out. It was quite a show, and the fox didn't go home hungry. It stayed for a while and cleaned up the crow food, too. (crow food=soaked cat kibble, seeds, dried fruit, nuts) Fox used to be abundant in our area but I think the growing coyote population has pushed them out. It was wonderful to see this healthy animal, and it even came back later in the evening to snack some more.

This morning a fox suddenly raced into the pasture, and attempted to run down one of the grey squirrels that were eating the crow food I put out. It was quite a show, and the fox didn't go home hungry. It stayed for a while and cleaned up the crow food, too. (crow food=soaked cat kibble, seeds, dried fruit, nuts) Fox used to be abundant in our area but I think the growing coyote population has pushed them out. It was wonderful to see this healthy animal, and it even came back later in the evening to snack some more.

This morning a fox suddenly raced into the pasture, and attempted to run down one of the grey squirrels that were eating the crow food I put out. It was quite a show, and the fox didn't go home hungry. It stayed for a while and cleaned up the crow food, too. (crow food=soaked cat kibble, seeds, dried fruit, nuts) Fox used to be abundant in our area but I think the growing coyote population has pushed them out. It was wonderful to see this healthy animal, and it even came back later in the evening to snack some more.

"That's the brassy one!" declared my mother, seeing this defiant raider of her bird feeders. A few months ago there was hardly a whisker of a squirrel to be seen. Today I counted seven of them in, on, and around the feeders.

A squirrel digs through the snow to find bird seed during a nor'easter.

When I was young, we had a healthy population of fox in our area. I don't know if they've diminished because of lack of habitat or the presence of coyotes in the area. I was elated to capture one on the game camera recently. You can clearly see the difference between the two canines.

Hard to see, but watch as the coyote moves to the right of the screen. I was so excited to get this type of hunting behavior on video! I can't tell if it actually caught whatever vermin was under the snow, but there were two other spots in the pasture where it tried this technique again.