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ironhorsetim 05-30-2009 11:31 AM

new neighbors
 
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These little guy's are enjoying our water garden as mom keeps gaurd



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jkjoshuatree 05-30-2009 11:52 AM

Great Pics!!!!
 
They're adorable.

Where on the lake did you take the pics?

ironhorsetim 05-30-2009 01:47 PM

Big thanks
 
Thank you jk, they were taken on White Oaks Rd. Laconia (we're not lucky enough to be right on the water) :(
That's probably why they enjoy the water garden a couple of time's a day.

NHKathy 05-30-2009 02:46 PM

thanks for sharing - they're adorable!

Lakesrider 05-30-2009 08:21 PM

I have had kits playing in my yard for several years now. Except this year. I don't know what happened but I haven't seen any around. Not even the grown foxes. Hopefully no one poisoned them.
From last year.....

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...etmgb/kit2.jpg

ApS 05-31-2009 06:51 AM

Foxes seem to be "back"..."Twirling and Whirling" stopped...
 
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Originally Posted by ironhorsetim (Post 95917)
"...These little guy's are enjoying our water garden as mom keeps guard..."

1) She's "keeping guard", all right: Her eyes are directly on YOU! :laugh:

2) A few years ago, a rambunctious baby fox ran out onto the road: With alarm, the pup spotted my approaching car and skittered back to the cover of the woods.

"Skittered", because the pup couldn't get any traction on the road surface—like it was a freshly waxed floor—Too Funny. :laugh:

3) It's not too unusual to hear foxes "barking" softly at night: Last Monday, I saw an adult fox on my lot for the first time—in the middle of the day. :confused:

A LARGE fox. :eek:

4) Also last Monday, I came across an adult fox standing in the middle of Tuftonboro's Ledge Hill Road. Twenty minutes later, I came across a second adult fox trotting next to Wolfeboro's Forest Road.

What else would be snared in his teeth but a muskrat!


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Originally Posted by Lakesrider (Post 95931)
"...I have had kits playing in my yard for several years now. Except this year. I don't know what happened but I haven't seen any around. Not even the grown foxes. Hopefully no one poisoned them..."

I expect they'll be back: A chipmunk that I'd previously trained in 2007, who skipped 2008, returned this Spring—in 2009.

Oops...a correction. Make that: Chipmunk "Alfie" has been training me! :p

(No sooner I type that and he's got his nose on the front window! "Time to feed the chipmunk".) :o

On a totally different note, "Forest Green" is a nice color, but shouldn't PVC pipes (as pictured) be available in "Camoflage"? :confused:

ironhorsetim 05-31-2009 02:26 PM

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Back this morning for a fresh drink,we counted four so far just can't get them together for a group photo

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chipj29 06-01-2009 08:04 AM

Great pics! I love to see the wildlife invading the yard.

Lakesrider 06-01-2009 08:23 AM

Awesome that you get to see them in sunlight. The ones that played in my yard in the morning, were usually gone by sunrise. I would have to be up at around 4 am to see them. But, I did see, and here them in the woods at night. The Mama would actually come right up to my deck with me sitting there. But the Papa Fox would just be out in the woods barking or growling at me.

Last night I heard some loud grunting, off in the dark not too far away, when I went out on the deck. I also heard what sounded like a small tree coming down. I assume this was Mr/Mrs. Bear warning me to stay away....:eek:

Woodsy 06-01-2009 09:23 AM

Love the pics!!

Every now & then on my way to work I get to see a mama and her kits playing along the bypass

Very COOL!

Woodsy

Nadia 06-05-2009 09:18 PM

Beautiful!
 
Thank you so much for sharing those pictures, what a treasure! I haven't seen a fox for so long around the lake I was beggining to wonder. They are truly beautiful.

Bluebell 06-06-2009 09:51 AM

There's been a red fox hanging around our neighborhood in Wolfeboro the past few days. My husband was outside yesterday and the fox came charging across our driveway chasing something. Aren't foxes usually nocturnal animals?

Nadia 06-06-2009 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluebell (Post 96586)
There's been a red fox hanging around our neighborhood in Wolfeboro the past few days. My husband was outside yesterday and the fox came charging across our driveway chasing something. Aren't foxes usually nocturnal animals?

I don't think foxes are classified as nocturnal, like raccoons are for instance. However that doesn't excuse them from wandering out once in a while at night. I could be wrong though ;)

jellybean 06-06-2009 07:14 PM

I have seen plenty of foxes both day and night!


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