We have had grey foxes in our yard too. Rather than have them killed on the
highway, we were leaving them dog food way out in the back.
I believe grey fox have black tipped tails, and red fox don't. Grey foxes
are less common.
We don't want them too near the house because of rabies scares.
Jackie
"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
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I also posted this to austin.gardens and someone came back with possible
gray
fox, which it seems to be. Anyone with info, how you got rid of, or if
it's
okay to let them live on the property, etc...would be appreciated.


For several nights my husband has been seeing two animals. One larger
than the
other, the larger being about a third larger than the smaller. I got to
see it
tonight on the fence. It had a long, bushy tail, beautiful detail and
smooth.
I didn't see the color as it was too dark and the flashlight didn't do it.

When it finally ran off it made a sound like a gravelly roar, not a
screech. I
found something which sounds very much like what I heard:

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/...s/FoxChirp.wav

I looked at the Texas Parks and Wildlife website, but all they list is one
kind
of fox, and it is not supposed to live this far east in Texas. However,
it is
listed as living in open prairie, short and tall grass. Recently, on
SH-79 they
have literally removed hundreds of acres to build a new Walmart, an HEB
going
in, and tons of those shit bag houses that all look exactly alike, all
three
feet from the other.

I did see a rabbit the other day for a few days and now it is not here any
more. Coincidence? I also have not seen near as many lizards as I
normally
see. I can count how many I've seen this year, as opposed to every other
year
seeing many dozens daily.

So, do we have any Master Naturalists out there?

Victoria