Eagles View Bed and Breakfast RED FOX:
We have named our furry friend Freddie. He visits us on a daily basis here at the B&B. This is a tradition that started with the previous owners of our home. They would throw their table scrapes out every evening at the same time. In the summer it would be right before the sun set. The wooded lot next store, loaded with tress and brush, Freddie would travel across into the open view of the B&B grounds. His feast would be dropped over the end of the deck in the same spot. My husband (Gary) and I knew feeding the wild was not a wise choice. However the previous owners had started this tradition with Freddie and we came to realize Freddie wanted his meal. One summer evening right before sunset, we heard a barking but with a high pitch. This did not sound like a dog barking. My husband and I quickly went to the end of the deck and looked down. There sat Freddie, on a rock making a barking sound. We knew he was looking for his evening meal. Gary and I decide that summer evening to continue to feed Freddie as the previous owners have. All summer long just before sunset we sat at the end of the deck and watched Freddie come across the wooded lot to the rock right below the end of our deck. Each evening he would eat what we had left over from dinner. When he was full he would go back across the wooded lot till he was out of sight. Little did we know Freddie had friends? In my next blog I will talk about his friends Rocky and Fester. Below is some information on the Red Fox.
The classic quarry of the fox hunter, the wily Red Fox is reddish-yellow with black legs. It’s bushy tail is a mixture of black and reddish hairs; the tail tip is white. A rare color variation is the black (or silver) phase, which retains the white tail tip. The cross phase resembles a Gray Fox but has a dark cross over the shoulders and down the middle of the back. The Red Fox is active in open country and forests almost everywhere, but is absent from much of the Pacific Coast, southwestern deserts, and the Rockies. It feeds on insects, birds, rodents, rabbits, berries, and fruit, usually at night. Weighs up to 15 pounds.
Their winter diet consists mainly of small mammals like mice, squirrels and rabbits. In the summer months, insects, crayfish and vegetable matter play a more important part in their diet. Pryed upon primarily by coyotes and bobcats.
Debbie/inkeeper/owner
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