Nearly 45 years of living in the Twin Cities...

[mn dave]

And today is the first time I ever saw one of these:



At least I think it was a gray fox. It crossed our walking path this morning. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a red one (I've never seen a red one wandering about either).

Interesting fact: I have read they are the only member of the dog family that climbs trees.

[Gurn Blanston]

And today is the first time I ever saw one of these:

At least I think it was a gray fox. It crossed our walking path this morning. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a red one (I've never seen a red one wandering about either).

Interesting fact: I have read they are the only member of the dog family that climbs trees.

Apparently he was out to celebrate your elevation to god-hood.

Yup, gray fox. Red foxes can have quite a bit of gray on them (they are variable), but the end of their tail seems to always have that black ring with the white tip. We are blessed with large numbers of fox here in East Texas, sometimes when I'm playing golf I have to wait for them to move out  of the way lest I put a Titleist between his ears.   I don't know if they climb trees, but they do everything else, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least.



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[mn dave]

We are blessed with large numbers of fox here in East Texas...

Dern, Gurn. I've always reckoned you'd have coyotes.

Perhaps that's West Texas...

[Gurn Blanston]

Dern, Gurn. I've always reckoned you'd have coyotes.

Perhaps that's West Texas...

Oh no, we have those too. So do you, BTW. Coyotes are cosmopolitan. East Texas is heavy forest (they don't call this region "The Piney Woods" for nothing!), we are at the southern tip of the Great Eastern Forest. Another 30 miles west of us, you are in the prairie for the next 1500 miles...

[mn dave]

Oh no, we have those too. So do you, BTW. Coyotes are cosmopolitan. East Texas is heavy forest (they don't call this region "The Piney Woods" for nothing!), we are at the southern tip of the Great Eastern Forest. Another 30 miles west of us, you are in the prairie for the next 1500 miles...

Well, what I saw this morning was too small to be a coyote and it was shaped all wrong--not that you were implying that that's what I encountered. I'm familiar with coyotes (or yodies, as I have nicknamed them) from my frequent trips to AZ where they're all over the place.

I wonder how gray foxes get along with coyotes. Maybe you know, Gurn.

[Gurn Blanston]

Well, what I saw this morning was too small to be a coyote and it was shaped all wrong--not that you were implying that that's what I encountered. I'm familiar with coyotes (or yodies, as I have nicknamed them) from my frequent trips to AZ where they're all over the place.

I wonder how gray foxes get along with coyotes. Maybe you know, Gurn.

Well, I don't know, but I don't think any of the wild dogs get on that well among species, or with their own species if they aren't part of the pack. Of course, fox don't run in a pack, but I would believe that when the coyotes are running, the Br'er Fox lays low... just like everything else, for that matter (including The Gurnerator!) 

[mn dave]

Well, I don't know, but I don't think any of the wild dogs get on that well among species, or with their own species if they aren't part of the pack. Of course, fox don't run in a pack, but I would believe that when the coyotes are running, the Br'er Fox lays low... just like everything else, for that matter (including The Gurnerator!)

I guess the quick gray fox would race up the nearest tree.