Yard Birds This Morning

I've decided to work a little harder birding my yard. If a robin could build a nest in plain sight and I never noticed, I need to look around more! So, this morning, before going out on my walk, I birded for a few minutes. It did give me warbler neck, as the trees are very tall and very close. I saw a red-eyed vireo. Even better, when I got home, I caught a glimpse of the red fox running through the yard and, just before I went in the house, I saw a house wren! Can you say lifer? Life is good.

Red Fox in the backyard

The red fox we saw on our deck last week was back in the yard today. Fred saw him and called me to the window. Here are pictures of the fox hunting in our brush pile in the back. (The brush is there as a sanctuary for small animals, and apparently it works.) The first picture is what we first saw when we looked out--the fox has its eye on something.

He's stalking it.

Getting ready....

Launch!

Did he get it?

Apparently not!

He then trotted right by the house and into the front yard. This is enroute. Do foxes do the foxtrot?

He was trotting left to right up our street when a car came and he took off running like a shot back to the safety of the woods.

Well, it wasn't a bird, but it sure was fun!