A few years ago I was visiting my parents in the suburbs. I was waiting in the car while my mom ran into the supermarket. A small fox ran across the edge of the parking lot into the woods behind the golf course. I hadn’t thought about that golf course or those woods in years. As teenagers we had our own map of the town with secret spots and back routes--but it wasn’t foolproof. We never saw foxes back then--they used to have a better map.
Not so many red foxes in my part of Oregon, where the tree-climbing Grey Fox is dominant.
A few years ago I was in Ukraine and visited Chernobyl. The snow was thigh-deep after a freakish spring storm. A flash of color captured my attention: in a nearby field, a red fox skimmed through the snow. It looked vibrantly healthy and regal, a beautiful reminder that no matter how massively we humans screw things up, Nature can sometimes find a way back.
A few years ago I was visiting my parents in the suburbs. I was waiting in the car while my mom ran into the supermarket. A small fox ran across the edge of the parking lot into the woods behind the golf course. I hadn’t thought about that golf course or those woods in years. As teenagers we had our own map of the town with secret spots and back routes--but it wasn’t foolproof. We never saw foxes back then--they used to have a better map.
There was one foraging through our yard in dc last night at 2 am. i was up, watched in transfixed. so cold and icy out, tempted to leave food out now
Dear Amy, this is such a beautiful newsletter - thank you! Tweeted it out. Sincerely, Jenny
Judy in Connecticut alerted me to this video of foxes "laughing" !!
https://twitter.com/AnimalsWorId/status/1263748010921598977
The smithsonian video reminded me of this short film-https://youtu.be/k6kCwj0Sk4s
Not so many red foxes in my part of Oregon, where the tree-climbing Grey Fox is dominant.
A few years ago I was in Ukraine and visited Chernobyl. The snow was thigh-deep after a freakish spring storm. A flash of color captured my attention: in a nearby field, a red fox skimmed through the snow. It looked vibrantly healthy and regal, a beautiful reminder that no matter how massively we humans screw things up, Nature can sometimes find a way back.