Red Fox in Choctaw

Today at dusk [about 9 pm] a young red fox ran across the SE 15 coming from the North going South just before the intersection of 15th and Choctaw Road.

I have seen lots of coyotes out here, but never foxes. It looked very thin. It appeared to have something in it's mouth. I have no idea if it were animal or vegetable or even a bit of garbage?

According to older accounts regarding the range of Red Foxes, they seem more common in the ozark-type woodland areas, rather than in the grasslands where this one was spotted:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3669458

Here is a site about red foxes from Cornell http://icwdm.org/handbook/carnivor/foxes.asp

The drought has been causing mice to come into the house. We have been trapping a lot of them. I wonder if the foxes are following the mice into town?

Posted on July 21, 2011 04:07 AM by greenmother