Red Fox

Over the years this critter would show-up on a trail camera image sporadically and without any pattern.  Then beginning with the spring of 2024 this species of canine began showing-up on the trail cameras quite regularly and never stopped.  What is unusual is that coyotes persist and both species typically do not occupy the same neighborhood.  As a consequence of competition for similar prey choices it is generally one or the other.  Rarely both.

The Red Fox is distinguished from the Gray Fox by a white-tipped tail visible in the photos.  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.  

Recent video and a photo.  If you want to checkout the library use the Label tool on the left margin of the homepage and click of Red Fox. 

 

 

That dang cat running around here is gonna get tangled-up with Mr. Red Fox one day and I won't be seeing the Ditch Tiger mooning for a photo-op anymore.