Sleepless in Midland

Fox Good Friday 4-15-22

No foxes this week, but we got a good look at some birds.

Close up of dove in flight.

Bluejay.

A red Cardinal.

Fox Friday 4-1-22 April fool – blue jay only

The foxes have migrated somewhere else, so all we're left with are birds, squirrels, and cats.

Here's a beautiful blue jay who came by for a snack.

Fox Friday 2-25-22 -- For the birds

The foxes haven't been frequenting the photo booth lately -- maybe it's the cold weather, or perhaps they've found better food elsewhere.

So this one is for the birds. In this case, a beautiful Blue Jay, plus a couple of sparrows.

Fox Friday 2-18-22

Leaping foxes, batman!

A standoff.

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3:39 PM 2/17/2022

Fox Friday 2-11-22

Fox longing for a breakfast that isn't there.

Fox Friday 1-7-22

Hey friends, it's chicken scraps tonight!

Fox Friday 12-24-21

Fox sneaks in while cat is distracted.

Proud profile.

Fox Friday 12-3-2021

Fox at dusk.

Lil Gray was a pet for a couple of years, but he disappeared a few months ago. Lately he's been showing up for an early AM snack. However, he hasn't shown any interest in getting reacquainted with anyone or anything but the food bowl. Oh well, if he's found a home he likes better than good for him.

Fox Friday 11-19-21

Fox just finished his first course

Sleek and stealthy

Fox Friday 11-12-21 -- on the fence

Fox at dusk.

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1:13 PM 11/11/2021

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Fox Friday 11-5-21

Eyeball to eyeball with the fox. We haven't been able to make eye contact since the sun began setting so much earlier. But there we were the other evening within a few feet of each other, and he didn't shy away.

Fox Friday 10-29-21

Cat watches as fox eats:

Fox carrying the food bowl to an undisclosed location -- possibly to hide it from the cats. Clever Fox:

Fox Friday 10-15-21

Three foxes.

Now four!

A wild Saturday night. Sometime in the four seconds between these two pics one of them tipped over the water bowl. Too bad the camera missed the most meaningful moment.

Fox Friday 10-8-21 -- Four legs good, two legs also good

Three foxes. Rare sighting these days.

Cat watches fox eat.

Fox standing on two legs. What's he looking at?

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5:42 AM 10/10/2021

Fox Friday 10-1-21

What a beautiful little critter.

Fox Friday 9-24-21 -- Foxes fight, make up, share food

Fox fight!

Submission.

Then they share food.

What a scene!

Fox Friday 9-10-21

Fox and Lil Gray try to stare each other away. The cat didn't budge, and the fox left.

Fox Friday 9-3-21

The skinny youngster.

Moma keeps an eye out while youngster eats.

At daybreak the birds peck up any leftovers.

Fox Friday 8-27-21

Fox smiling.

Nice profile.

Yum! Licking his lips.

Fox tolerates human voyeur.

Fox Friday 8-20-21 -- The youngster discovered the food bowl!

For some reason the new young one seems frightened of the food bowl -- perhaps there are bugs crawling on the mat.

Sneaking up on the food. Something frightened him, and off he went.

He's not afraid of the water bowl. Here he is standing on the edge of it.

Fox Friday 8-13-21 -- Fox on a hot tin roof

This brassy fox is scanning the neighborhood -- sniffing out a better food source, perhaps.

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9:44 AM 8/12/2021

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Fox Friday 8-6-21

Yum! Licking her lips as she eyes the food.

Hopefully that pesky human won't be coming out tonight.

Fox Friday 7-23-21 -- I come in peace, brother fox

"I mean you no harm."

This fox is not especially brave, he just knows my limitations. He tolerates my presence as long as I keep my distance.

Fox Friday 7-2-21

Growling. Showing his teeth. Threatening.

Keeping a wary eye on the back door.

Fox Friday 6-25-21 A halfway friendly fox

Two minutes earlier the fox was sitting where the food dishes are in this photo. He watched me walk up to the food station, then sauntered off as I got closer. Two minutes after I put the food down he returned to eat.

If this fox reproduces maybe the gene that made him almost friendly will get passed on. After a few generations there could be a friendly fox down the family tree.

Fox Friday 6-4-21

The fox's situational awareness is always on high.

Alert and looking.

These two alternated between eating and watching out.

As it happened, one afternoon this week I ventured into the zone unaware that there was a fox there. I tried to look as nonthreatening as possible and avoided eye contact. The fox didn't leave the yard, but he watched my every move. Great situational awareness on his behalf.

Fox Friday 5-28-21

Red breasted fox. Actually, the dim light of the setting sun has distorted the color, and the reds look redder than they really are.

Here he is a few minutes later -- the colors are more realistic.

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3:19 PM 5/30/2021

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Fox Friday 5-21-21

Calling his pals.

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4:46 PM 5/21/2021

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Fox Friday 5-14-21

Sneaking up on his food.

White beard.

Looking our way.

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6:35 AM 5/16/2021

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Fox Friday 5-7-21

When the foxes come around before dark we get photos in living color.

What a gorgeous animal.

Same fox, different pose.

I'm amazed at the way the foxes are so well camouflaged - the colors blend into the environment so flawlessly. I guess evolution has allowed the one who hide well to survive and multiply.

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3:27 PM 5/7/2021

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