'Our' vixen no longer comes visiting. Maybe she's been driven off by a younger fox, or perhaps she's dead. She was at least five. I so miss the way she used to sit gazing at us through the patio doors as if waiting for a welcome in. I miss the way she used to introduce her litter of cubs to us each year, sitting proudly in the centre of the lawn while they played around her.
But there is a new fox family this year. The mother is much wilder and more nervous and the cubs have so far not ventured far out of the bushes. But it's nice to know there are some not far away. Apologies for the poor quality of these snaps but they were taken from a distance of about 100 feet!
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Lovely pics and much better than any I can ever get at night.
Haven't seen or heard any foxes round here for ages.
They are wonderful photos! What a shame your other vixen has gone. Perhaps this new one will realise you are a friend and will become more friendly as time passes x
Oddly enough, she has started staring in through the patio doors, but only after dark. Her approach turns on the outside security light and we see her sitting there. Perhaps she is one of 'our' vixen's cubs who remembers her mother's behaviour.
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