Our fox continued to visit our back yard around noon for a few days after we filed this report. He (or she – I have no way of knowing for sure) would usually be snoozing in the sunshine on the back porch when we got home for lunch, and then vanish shortly after noon. But,… Continue reading Fox Times Two
Category: Wildlife – Mammals
The Fox Returns
We were leaving the house to head to church this morning when my eye caught something odd through the door that leads from our bedroom to the back porch. It’s hard to make out from this phone photo, but it’s a gray fox napping on the mat outside the door. I opened the blinds a… Continue reading The Fox Returns
It took almost seven years…
…but they finally made it to our backyard. I’m not thrilled about having squirrels in our neighborhood, but their appearance was inevitable. We are sequestered by at least a quarter mile of treeless pasture on every side, but a lot of trees come in via landscapers and it was just a matter of time before… Continue reading It took almost seven years…
Flight Behaviors in Young Animals: More Questions Than Answers
I observed a couple of instances of unusual behavior on the part of some young animals this week, and they made me wonder about whether such behavior was learned or instinctive. My drive to work each day takes me for a mile down a street called Mockingbird, the length of which on one side is… Continue reading Flight Behaviors in Young Animals: More Questions Than Answers
Bunny Stop
Baby cottontails are perhaps the cutest wild animals in existence, especially when they try to hide in plain sight. This one inexplicably stopped just short of a bridge that would have completely hidden it. Perhaps it thought that we’d be confused by the rebar right behind it, thinking it was a snake. In any event,… Continue reading Bunny Stop
Fox on the Box
One of our neighborhood foxes took his appearance to a new level.
Back Yard Wildlife
Fox footage. No, not that FOX; this one’s better.
Random Thursday: The Friday Evening Edition
Here’s a smorgasbord of things I think you might want to know.
Nature Walk
Debbie and I went for a walk around the ponds this morning after breakfast, and as usual, encountered some interesting animals. The geese are still hanging around. They were inexplicably strolling through the vacant lot across from our house (I saw one of them nip at some of the weed seed heads), and when they… Continue reading Nature Walk
Snow Bunny
Not everyone shares the schoolkids’ enthusiasm about last night’s snowfall: