Our house sits on 3 acres and part of that acreage is a hill that used to be a horse grazing area. We don't go up there much, except for the occasional nature expedition by Logan to impress one of his friends with his bug finding abilities. One day we were eating breakfast and Eric looked out the window to see a bunch of fox pups playing up on the hill. It turns out that we have a fox den in our own backyard! Everyday we get to see a mom and dad and their 5 babies playing around - we love it!
Here is the momma fox guarding the hole where her babies are kept safe.
A little one coming out for a peek..
And three little buddies! These guys are usually wrestling and running like crazy, but every picture that Eric tried to get while they were wrestling was just a big blur of brown fur!
We can never get a picture of all of them together because they spend so much time in the thick bushes and trees right around their den. The dad usually sits up higher on the hill by our fence line watching for trouble or something like that. The mom and dad usually run away when the kids go out to play, but the babies have gotten pretty tame and stay out even when the boys are playing basketball or soccer. The boys want to venture up to the den so badly but I don't know how a momma fox would react if one of our boys went up to the den while she was in it, so I make them keep their distance. We're going to be sad when the little one's grow up and leave, it's been so fun to watch them!
Our house sits on 3 acres and part of that acreage is a hill that used to be a horse grazing area. We don't go up there much, except for the occasional nature expedition by Logan to impress one of his friends with his bug finding abilities. One day we were eating breakfast and Eric looked out the window to see a bunch of fox pups playing up on the hill. It turns out that we have a fox den in our own backyard! Everyday we get to see a mom and dad and their 5 babies playing around - we love it!
Here is the momma fox guarding the hole where her babies are kept safe.
A little one coming out for a peek..
And three little buddies! These guys are usually wrestling and running like crazy, but every picture that Eric tried to get while they were wrestling was just a big blur of brown fur!
We can never get a picture of all of them together because they spend so much time in the thick bushes and trees right around their den. The dad usually sits up higher on the hill by our fence line watching for trouble or something like that. The mom and dad usually run away when the kids go out to play, but the babies have gotten pretty tame and stay out even when the boys are playing basketball or soccer. The boys want to venture up to the den so badly but I don't know how a momma fox would react if one of our boys went up to the den while she was in it, so I make them keep their distance. We're going to be sad when the little one's grow up and leave, it's been so fun to watch them!
4 comments:
cool pictures! My kids would love to have the nature channel in their back yard.
p.s. yes, Jared picked out the table because it was the only one that was tough enough for him =). But I love it too.
That's pretty cool. I bet your kids love it.
That is awesome!! I showed Brannon and he wants to come visit right away :) A few summers ago when we were in Jackson there was a fox den across the street but we only saw them a time or two...so fun you have seen the babies play!
Very Nice pic's of the fox "clan!" Our wildlife here in Orange Co. consists of "possums" skunks and a few human parties! Three acres! That's real wilderness! Lynn Orgill
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