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| Fox, Ferguson, Missouri. July 2018. |
There was a fox in my backyard early in the morning.
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| Fox, Ferguson, Missouri. July 2018. |
A lanky one.
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| Fox, Ferguson, Missouri. July 2018. |
And entirely unexpected.
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| Fox, Ferguson, Missouri. July 2018. |
I am regularly surprised at the pleasing rural-urban mix that is Ferguson. Having a fox in one's backyard is only one gift of the community.
A shaky video below:
When I think of foxes in a suburban environment, I think of my house in Jefferson City. My immense backyard ended at a creek that you could follow all the way to the Missouri River.
Through the years I lived there, sometimes at night, I would hear an unsettling cry. Like a woman crying out in pain. Or maybe even a child.
Finally I tracked it down to a fox call. A "vixen's scream" to be precise, although it's not only female foxes that make this call.
A sample of this call below, which actually tells an entertaining story:
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