January 10, 2024

Just now, from my window.

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37 comments:

jim said...

Are you sure? Looks like skyrim to me.

The Vault Dweller said...

Must be off searching for a cold mouse.

Quaestor said...

Snow hides the mice and voles foxes normally rely on. The resultant hunger drives them into the suburbs where food waste and dog chow are plentiful.

RideSpaceMountain said...

The Grand Dame of Althouse Blog
Had no animal-naming plan
For critters she snapped from day to day
Perhaps call this fox 'Ann'?

(play on the "Grand Old Duke of York")

Iman said...

Fox on the run…

gilbar said...

i wonder what the birds think about him?

FleetUSA said...

Classy Mr. Fox

Big Mike said...

I see rabbit tracks in that photo, but they look fairly old. I don’t think this fox is going to pay much attention to them because that prey animal is long gone. But this fox will find food somewhere. A half-eaten Quarter Pounder with Cheese that missed the trash can when it was pitched will be perfectly yummy. A squirrel not watching out as it buries a peanut would be a feast.

Foxes do get rabies so I hope you and Meade are careful, Professor.

rcocean said...

That Fox seems to know where he's going. A purposful stride.


Is he after some small vermin?

Limited blogger said...

Fox on the run

LuAnn Zieman said...

Since last spring's Vixen with kits, I no longer have squirrels or rabbits. It does not make me happy.

donald said...

“Is he after some small Vermin”. Confirmation Rich is a rodent.

Rory said...

I had a fox just hanging in the yard last fall, sleeping like a dog. The last I saw him, he had a friend, so I'm wondering if there will be a young family in the yard next spring.

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gspencer said...

From all the footprints/pawprints, it seems as if he's pacing about. Maybe he's an expectant father waiting to hear the first yelps. A January volpine birth, while unusual, is frequent enough.

MadisonMan said...

Nice! When I see the (a?) fox in my 'hood, it's always pre-dawn and my phone camera doesn't do well in low light.

rehajm said...

Eff. Oh. Ex. The Fox family that passes through our yard have no winter coats. That one's fuzzy...

Owen said...

Around where Mr. Fox is sauntering there are many tracks; delicate, purposeful. Are they his earlier tracks, those of his peers, or those of his likely prey?

Lovely pic, thanks!

Big Mike said...

Is he after some small vermin?

@rcocean, in an urban winter environment I imagine the small animals have moved indoors. Time to set out traps.

Always remember, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Leslie Graves said...

The best!

PM said...

Huh.
Yesterday, driving over a coastal mtn pass had to stop twice for coyotes walking the center line like drunks.

Dude1394 said...

So pretty...

Tina Trent said...

They know Meade plants tasty greens.

My cattle dog loves frozen rotting celery and arugula. Why? I understand the carrot peels, sweet potatoes and abandoned cherry tomatoes. I understand the shrimp shells. I don't discard potatoes or meat.

Why celery?

Tina Trent said...

Also, Teen Mom, the Siamese, has befriended a raccoon in the abandoned house. They sit in adjoining kitchen cabinets as the house falls down around them.

It's just like an Altman film.

Rusty said...

We get those in our back yard all the time. We think there is a mating pair in our woods.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Althouse Defames 🦊

traditionalguy said...

That’s a fox. LaAlthouse attracts other foxes.

tim in vermont said...

Whenever a pair of red squirrels successfully raise a litter somewhere in the yard, I welcome the inevitable visit of Mr Fox, although I may have seen bobcat prints in the snow the other day, so maybe I owe that creature the thanks.

tim in vermont said...

In the olden days, porn actors, well the men, used to eat celery in the hope that the turgidity would, you know, show up in their performances, kind of like when an indian would eat the heart of the bear they killed to assimilate its strength. Doc posted one time about how a surgeon told him that he found Eisenhower’s intestines filled with the stuff and Mamie was always trying to get him to stop eating it. I think that the two stories are related. Not sure that it enters the thinking of your dog though, but I was happy to see a peg to post that story.

cfs said...

Find the location of the nearest chicken coop and you will know where Mr. or Ms. Fox is going. Sneaky little bastards, they are! We would find them in our coop quite often. They would stare at us as if to say "Whatcha gonna do about it"? With an expression a bit like Hunter Biden's this morning.

Patrick said...

Foxes are common rabies vectors

lonejustice said...

Maybe she's a 21st Century Fox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgy9LCNRHs

BarrySanders20 said...

Fantastic! (Original and best edition)

Joe Bar said...

Why is there no "Like" button?

mikee said...

Here in my Texas neighborhood we have Gray Foxes Gray Foxes. Photo taken in the dark with a Muddy100 game camera just off my back patio.

They can climb trees, the ladder just happened to be there overnight.

wendybar said...

Wow, mikee....that's crazy!!!

RMc said...

Fox news!