definetely not a cat or dog..............

[14+kitties]

I hope this comes through. We looked out our side door yesterday and this is what we saw walking down the ditch on the other side of the road. It walked up our neighbours driveway after I took the picture and we lost sight of it. Very strange to see a fox during the daytime. It was around 11 AM. Sorry I couldn't get a closer shot. You can see it on the right side of the fogpatch.

[Frenchy]

Cool ! There was one in the field behind my house once , he was running so I never had time to grab the cam. :sad:

[wdawson]

i see one almost every day....in oakville....in a residential area....guess all the new sub-divisions run them out of thier homes:sad:

[brandynva]

We had one come right up to our pool enclosure at the beach. We got some really good close ups of it. It was the first time I had ever seen one up close. We think it looked underweight and was probably smelling the McD's we had.

[14+kitties]

That is so sad. Wild animals are quickly running out of habitats. We have a bush around our property and are looking into planting blue spruce. Hubby planted lots of pines about 20 years ago. Long before I met him.
I can't see this one being out because of construction though. We live in the Greenbelt. No new construction allowed. Although someone about 3 km away from here took down about 4 or 5 acres of trees this past Sept/Oct. It's possible this guy is still displaced and looking.

[14+kitties]

Neat picture Brandynva! I wish I could have gotten closer with this one. I think the thinness is just part of being a fox. All the ones I have seen are on the thin side as well. Even in zoos where they get a regular diet.

[brandynva]

Originally Posted by 14+kitties

Neat picture Brandynva! I wish I could have gotten closer with this one. I think the thinness is just part of being a fox. All the ones I have seen are on the thin side as well. Even in zoos where they get a regular diet.

Ah! I am not that familiar with them at all. I guess they do tend to be lanky and lean animals.

[brandynva]

I'm not sure about the OP, but where we were had a lot of wildland still left. However, there was quite a few new houses going up a few blocks away. This one looked young, so we were hoping she/he didn't get displaced from its family.

[14+kitties]

Originally Posted by wdawson

i see one almost every day....in oakville....in a residential area....guess all the new sub-divisions run them out of thier homes:sad:

Brandynva....this is the quote I was referring to. I just didn't type it fast enough to get it in under wd's comment before you had posted yours.
All good.

[SARAH]

Cute little face did you put out some food for it? No eh, you'd never get rid of it!

I've seen foxes out in the day time up in Northern Norway, far from houses and villages. One stopped at the side of the road and stared at the "big fox on wheels" that was dad's orange Mazda, lol. We looked at him, he looked at us, we took some pics, and he walked away. Not even scared. I say him, because it was a large animal, and pretty well fed too. Not fat, foxes don't seem to do excess bodyfat, but muscular and well filled out. It was in April, the sun was recently back in our lives, I'm guessing he had found some rabits or even luckier for him, a dead reindeer to snack on!

Many foxes now have adapted to rural life, living in garden sheds and abandonned buildings, rummaging through garbage cans at night. I saw a program from England a few years ago, I think it was Liverpool - they were overrun with foxes in one part of the city!

[CearaQC]

Only time I ever saw a fox was while I was sitting in an airplane in Montreal that was waiting on the runway for it's turn and saw the fox running around. The poor thing... with all that airplane noise and stuff.

They are lovely creatures though. I think we should have more fox pics! hehe

Oh, not sure if anyone saw it... but PBS did a documentary about dogs. And there was a really interesting bit on evolution of the fox that people witnessed in Russia when they were breeding them for furs. A terrible way to find out, but it was still interesting.

The documentary was

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/dog/index.html

Maybe they will air that show again sometime.