Gray Fox
After disappearing a half hour before the bobcat appeared at 1:05 PM on January 23, Pretty Girl was back being her usual self last evening (January 25) at 10:45 PM. No sightings today, but it is good to know she is still okay.
For a few years, we saw more gray foxes here than red foxes. Then a couple years ago the gray foxes disappeared. A few remain here and there in the area, though. At the Bear Center, Biologist Spencer Peter caught one on the nature trail video camera this past fall at the 1 minute 43 seconds mark in this video. You can tell it is a gray fox rather than a red fox by the black tip on the tail. A coyote appears at the 2 minute mark.
Wildlife Nature Trail - Fall/Winter 2021
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), Coyote (Canis latrans), and Fisher (Pekania pennanti)
Click here to go directly to 1:43 when the fox appears: https://youtu.be/VmTwvn86o-w?t=103
The gray fox picture of four years ago at the WRI shows how they look in the light.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center