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Foxy lady.

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Mr. Fox brought his significant other last night for a nosh.

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See the stalks by the fox on the left? Husband found some wild asparagus in the field and thought the woodchucks would eat it. Sadly, they prefer my flowers and didn’t touch it.

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We love our foxes.

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They’re such graceful, beautiful creatures.

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If only they’d develop a taste for red squirrel.

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Surely they have hungry pups who need a snack.

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😉

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The whole fam damily!

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We’ve had a lovely pair of foxes visit our backyard for years, but this season?

They brought the kids.

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While we’ve seen a kit or two every once in a while, it’s a rare thing since our back lawn is large and predominantly cover free. Momma fox is a careful parent and won’t expose her offspring to open areas unless she knows it’s safe.

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So you can imagine how our jaws dropped when 6 foxes appeared in our backyard recently.

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No, you’re not counting incorrectly… there are only five pictured.

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By the time I got over the shock and grabbed my phone… number 6 had moved over to the blueberry bushes, out of range.

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But damn, 5 foxes is still an impressive sight.

❤️

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Baby fox!

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It doesn’t happen often. Our house is too far away from the woods and they have to cross a long wide open space to reach the buffet.

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Matter of fact this is only the third time in twenty years we’ve seen it.

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But momma fox brought a baby to the buffet last night.

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And we were beyond thrilled. Baby is on the left, and as you can tell not a little baby anymore, but momma won’t risk them in the open when they’re small.

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Making himself at home.

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Our resident fox is feeling comfortable at the buffet.

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They’re such beautiful creatures and I love seeing him trot up from the woods every evening.

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While he comes for the seeds and nuts spilled from the bird feeders, I also feed him mealworms, apples and berries which he loves.

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And small breed, high protein, grain free dry dog food with taurine. It’s the closest I can come to the fox food they sell on UK Amazon but won’t ship to the United States. Boo to that.

I’m hoping if he makes himself at home the law of averages will let him cross paths with a certain… oh so scrumptious… red squirrel who shall remain nameless.

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