| February 06, 2015. I missed him! I missed the Fantastic Mr. Fox! Late this morning, as I was busy at work, Amy called me full of excitement: there's a fox in our back yard! He came strolling along our side garden, right across our patio and the frozen little pond adjoining it, traipsed through the back yard, perhaps looking for an exit not blocked by our fence, and finally just went back the way he had come. All that, and not a picture of foxy to show for it. According to Amy, he was more yellow than red, but I imagine it was still a red fox. In any case, I requested that Amy at least capture the evidence of his visit on film. After all, this is the wildest mammal on record in our suburban garden: squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks are all much more commonly seen, and a hunter is by my definition much wilder than its prey. Hopefully he'll choose a time that I'm home for his next visit... |
