Reflections in Nature: A closer look at the fox
During the past week, I had two hints that a red fox family is about to break up. The first was the roadkill sighting of a young red fox pup. The second was when questioned by a man as to why a fox would be coming up the steps to his back porch. I asked whether he had either cat or dog food in a dish on the porch. The man replied that he did not. I then told him that it was probably a young fox pup that left the den on its own and was not yet wise enough to avoid humans. While working, I could always tell when the fox families were breaking up because I would receive many phone ...
