Nocturnal neighborhood scavengers

There are wild animals living amongst us, especially foxes. But they are so wily it's difficult to get a photo of one.

So I set out a wildlife camera in the back yard to try to capture one with scraps from a store bought roasted chicken for bait.

The overfed cat that showed up at 1:43am is a neighborhood regular, but he wasn't interested in the chicken.

Here's the sleepless proprietor at 4:54am disappointed that the bait was still there.

Then about 20 minutes later, payday!

Foxy took the bait!

That was Friday morning, 10/5/12, although the date stamp on the pic was a day off due to user error. The cat showed up again early this morning, but the fox didn't. Maybe he'll come back tonight.

And who knows what other wildlife lurks in our midst? Maybe even a bear might swing by for a bite.

Updated 40 minutes later: Tricked! The fox eat the bait while I was writing this blog post. And the camera was turned off! Dammit. Now I know how Wile E. Coyote must have felt.