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Published: 2008-05-21 03:53:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 663; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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My husband saw the cat go tearing across the driveway being chased by something this morning...he followed and found this darling fox sitting and watching without an appearant care in the world (our cat was tree'd and the fox was just keeping an eye on her!)We later heard growling and scrabbling near our tool/garden shed and we found BABIES! We now know what's been making the noise out by Cait's new room
The cat had probably been nosing around the den and mama was chasing her away!
There are three, we think...We will keep our distance but, oh, we hope to get pictures!!!!
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I wandered in your fox gallery - how lucky for you to get to be so close to one! I am very jelouse 
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I was very lucky, the fox was sitting in the middle of the road.
A tiny road in the mountains of France, he stayed for a long time, it was very quiet! it is unexpected!
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Thank you! This mama had a den under our garden shed with four kits...she's moved on now
Thanks for the fave, too!
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Thank you! This mama had a den under our garden shed with four kits...she's moved on now
Thanks for the fave, too!
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We think she's moved on with the kits...
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I want to live where you live....you have all those cool animals around!!!!!
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Indeed we do, and we keep finding new ones...there was the scent of skunk on the breeze last night
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Oh, wow! what a great find! I mean this fox looks just gorgeous!!! 
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I don't think that the fox was wanting to eat the cat...I think (hope) that she was just wanting our cat to get away from her babies! It seems that maybe she's moved them - no signs or sounds from the little ones today
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oooh... how sad... maybe she's not too faraway. It is such a great animal to watch!
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She may not have moved them after all...there were 'fresh' feathers under the shed this morning! 
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OH cool! Well... get your camera ready, Ruth! Never know when those little creatures will be out! 
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Your warning came too late...I went out to turn on the sprinklers (around behind the garage over near the fox shed) thought about grabbing my camera - should have: mama was right there just sitting and looking at me, calm as could be...I spoke softly to her, backed up and went and got my camera but of course by the time I got back she'd moved further away! I got one shot off before she melted into the brush. But at least she didn't bolt immediately - maybe that means she's recognizing that we're not a threat!
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haha! Listen, you need to have your camera around your neck everywhere you'll go! 
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I agree but it's a big 'ol Nikon with a 300mm lens...I know I need to carry my little Olympus point and shoot but that lives in my purse!
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I know! It's just that I'd actually thought about grabbing the camera...and didn't
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Oh! So glad you were able to get pics of this bold little fox! I know you were hoping to!
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What do I have to do to have foxes as my neighbours
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ummm, move to the boonies?
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She's been rustling around at night and making Cait a bit uncomfortable...not now that we know what the noises are
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YEa.. always better when you know!
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Oh, deffinitely take pictures 
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We think she might have moved them today... no sign or sight of them since early morning
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Oh? That's sad to hear, but I guess she thought it best for them.
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[link] Here's the first shot of hopefully many more to come! It's from my daughter 's site; my husband grabbed her camera (he's basically a camera novice) while we were gone and took this shot! We were impressed that he got this good of a pic
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Aww, this is so cute! I'd say he made a good job being a novice, perhaps it's time to give him some guidlines for next time he might be home alone 
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We took your suggestion! But then we left again and this time took the cameras with us! I think it is time to get him one of his own
(He did find an old one and get more pics of the babies out playing - I'm letting my daughter keep the "fox blog" so you'll have to watch her to see them when she gets around to getting them up!
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Added her in the watch list - she really has good photos there too, for example the tigers in sunlight - Wow!
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will the cat be ok? she looks like a very small fox - what species is it? maybe she's too small to seriously chase cats...
can't wait to see baby pics
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Yea, Panya was tree'd in the one tree that comes up and over our back deck, so she just climbed up and came inside 
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Very cool. Hope you get pics of the little ones I have pictures of one from years ago at my mom's that had climbed into a fig tree to munch a bit, and another from one of the Channel Islands. Be super careful not to leave any cat food outside.
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Just remember that foxes climb too...
As I said, I found the first one up "in" my mom's fig tree. And once they have been fed, they beg almost as insistently as a dog used to scraps from a dinner table. If you put out a fig, at least that is something the cats are not attracted to, so you are not putting the cat at any greater risk, but I wouldn't put anything out, except maybe water, which would bring all kinds of creatures closer.
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