Yesterday morning, when I was walking down the stairs, I noticed a weird brown thing in our yard.
I can't believe it was a fox!!!!
Scratching its neck
Getting up
Shaking his head, just like Bailey does
Stretching
Gotta stretch those back legs too
Ready for the day
Heading out
We watched it for about 10 minutes, when it finally got up and trotted away. During that time, several cars passed on the road (about 50 feet in front of the fox). It would pick up its head and look around when that happened, but then puts its head back down.
It was 18° F (-8° C) while we watched the fox. I would never have guessed that a fox would sleep out in the open like that. We watched from slightly before 7 a.m. until about 7:10. The sun was up the whole time.
Sorry that I've included some blurry photos....This was pretty much at the limit of what my camera and lens could do in that limited light through the window into the sun.
It was just so cool to see a fox wake up for the day. A lot of his actions, like the stretching and shaking his head, totally remind me of what Bailey does when he wakes up.
On New Year's Day,
Acorn to Oak asked if I had any fox photos yet. Finally, I can say YES!