Tag Archives: Gray Foxes

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Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion detection camera, or a trail cam as Jinx calls it. They have had some recent visitors to their place near Point Arena. The most exciting to them was this beautiful Mountain Lion who strolled by.

Just the other night, their camera picked up two Gray Foxes appearing to meet. The camera took a dozen photos of the encounter. Notice the raised tails. One fox then left the area with the other following close behind. This could be a romantic encounter as this is mating season for Gray Foxes.

And several weeks ago the camera picked up an owl - we're not sure what type of owl.

There is a LOT going on during the night at their property!

Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their trail camera photos with you here.

Cooler today with some clouds drifting in, but still no rain.

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Gray foxes have had their kits, and the kits are growing up. They love to play with each other and they are very cute to see. Grace O'Malley has had two healthy-looking kits coming to her place near Timber Cove for water.

Young Gray Fox kit by Grace O'Malley Gray Fox kit by Grace O'MalleyMaya Looney photographed what looks like an adult near The Sea Ranch.

Gray fox by Maya LooneyAnd Karen Scott has this adult Gray fox visit her compost pile, eating the kale she had tossed in.

Gray Fox visits a compost pile by Karen ScottGray foxes are great rodent hunters. They also eat wild mushrooms, berries, and now we know they eat kale!

Thanks to Grace, Maya and Karen for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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Robert and Nancy Scarola were visited by a Gray Fox family. The mother went off to hunt for a gopher and left her three kits on a flat rock to wait for her.

Fox Kits on flat rock by Robert Scarola

She returned with a gopher in her mouth and the three kits were then free to play in the Scarola's garden. A photo of what happened next will be in Thursday's edition of the Independent Coast Observer. It shows why Gray Foxes are also called Tree Foxes!

Thanks to Robert for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

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Ron LeValley captured a photo of a Western Gray Squirrel sitting by a tiny forest of mushrooms. Ron wrote, "I know these little fellows like to eat mushrooms. If this one likes those little ones, it must have been very happy as about a thousand of them fruited on the morning I took this picture!"

Western Gray Squirrel by Ron LeValleyThese mushrooms could be Liberty Caps, Psilocybe semilanceata, and they have hallucinogenic  properties. Perhaps this beautiful Gray Squirrel just let them be.

It's obvious Banana Slugs eat mushrooms - a walk in a forest after a rain will show you just how much they love mushrooms. Ann Davis photographed this Banana Slug munching on one.

Banana slug munching on mushroom by Ann Davis

I believe Gray Foxes and Deer eat mushrooms too. And, of course, we critters with two legs.

Thanks to Ron and Ann for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is his website: http://levalleyphoto.com/home/