Fox Den 2021

[Steuben Jerry]

This is the annual den that's less than 50 yards from our bedroom window. Kits emerged last Thursday night/Friday morning. Most years Momma relocates them after they are mobile enough. Last year her litter hung around til August which was a pain. We have a little dog, an outdoor cat, and a chicken coop 75 yards from the den site. One night in August, there was a commotion and when I flipped on the lights four of them had our cat surrounded. I'll give them a week or so to relocate before I urge them along.

For my urging, I drop a towel soaked with ammonia near one of the den entrances, and a transistor radio in a plastic bag with fresh batteries and on half-volume goes in the hole. They don't like any of that.

[ny hunter]

Very cool...

[UpStateRedNeck]

Awesome pictures, cute little buggers

[rob-c]

Very cool, but you may not want to post your kicking them out, don’t forget the rent relief is still in action 

[Steuben Jerry]

1 hour ago, rob-c said:

Very cool, but you may not want to post your kicking them out, don’t forget the rent relief is still in action 

Haha, I like seeing them. Last year was the first year they stayed more than a week or two. And as they got older, they got bolder.

[Steuben Jerry]

What are these? Is that a rabbit? One looks like a chicken. We’re not missing one, and the neighbors don’t have any. I found the feet, a tail and a wing on the ground near one of the entrances. Off the top of my head I don’t recognize it.

 

[Fletch]

Ruff grouse maybe...

[Steuben Jerry]

1 minute ago, Fletch said:

Ruff grouse maybe...

Hard to see in that lighting, but it was black and white. And chicken-size feet.

[Steuben Jerry]

There’s a place on the next road about a mile or so away that has Guinea fowl that free range. Pic of the bird for comparison is from the web.

[rachunter]

I was going to say some kinda woodpecker or flicker, but definitely looks like a genuine hen. That fox looks a little mangey.


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[WNYTRPR]

Just losing winter fur /rubbed 

Edited April 14, 2021 by WNYTRPR

[Steuben Jerry]

Pulled some cards yesterday. There were only two kits hanging around until mid-May, and then only one that hung around until the end of May. They are only there periodically now. A few days of high activity and then nothing for a week or two. Except for a woodchuck moving in, it's been all quiet since May 27th. I did see a roadkill kit about a mile down the road a few weeks ago.

Somebody needs to try to lock up their Guinea fowl. I think this is the third one.