Fox Run

Meet Vulpes vulpes – the Red Fox.  It is distinguished from the Gray Fox by a white-tipped tail visible in the photos.  I haven’t seen one of these on a trail camera in years.  I had figured the coyotes pretty-much cleaned them out.  Then, all of a sudden, this spring and summer they've been showing-up on the trail cameras.

They’re omnivores that dine-upon everything from rabbits, small rodents, roadkill, fruits and nuts and insects.  They sometimes make their home in an enlarged woodchuck den, or hollow log, or underneath a log or rock in a stream bank or side of a hill.  A mated pair will defend their turf from other foxes but this canine frequently is prey to the resident coyotes and wolves.   

A female is called a vixen, a male is called a dog fox, newborns are called pups, kits or cubs.  And a group of foxes is called a skulk.  

Red fox going....

And red fox coming....

Along with take-away pheasant on the return trip!