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Monday, April 14th, 2008
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8:57p - Fox again
The tunnel under the SE corner of the arena came out all the way to the interior under the tackroom door. (Tackroom has a raised floor, so it was easy going for whatever critter made it to go the length of that room (just a walk-in closet, really) and emerge below the doorsill. Gary thought he could flush out whoever was in there, so I stood where I could see the outside end of the diggings, with a large pile of spoils now, while he ran a hose into the inside end. No one emerged. It doesn't smell like fox or skunk. Might be woodchuck, I don't think I'd smell them unless they'd been in there a while and this is less than 24 hours old. Anyway, he decided to block up both ends with concrete blocks and dirt. While he was doing that I saw the fox.
She (I'm sure it's the same vixen as last year) ran up the neighbor's drive and disappeared among the roots of the trees. I'm sure she has yet another burrow over there on the edge of our woods. No mistaking the identity, the tail alone was very obvious, and now I've seen her running enough times to recognize the posture which is unlike a dog. Also she runs silently. Any of the dogs around here would make a racket, and the neighbor on that side has a dog that is roughly fox sized and colored (but lacks the tail) but that one would have certainly barked at me rather than just running past. Fast, graceful, and silent. I like.
Spinach seed planted a week ago are starting to germinate. No sign of the lettuces yet.
current mood:  enthralled (comment on this)
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