"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
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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

possibly a gray fox???

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/uroccine.htm

"The gray fox is essentially an inhabitant of wooded areas, particularly
mixed hardwood forests. It is common throughout the wooded sections east of
the shortgrass plains and in the pinyon-juniper community above the low
lying deserts."

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"suzilem" wrote:

"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
...
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

possibly a gray fox???

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/uroccine.htm

"The gray fox is essentially an inhabitant of wooded areas, particularly
mixed hardwood forests. It is common throughout the wooded sections east of
the shortgrass plains and in the pinyon-juniper community above the low
lying deserts."




I found a fresh road killed gray fox just this last Christmas on one of
the Suburban roads in New Braunfels... Flatlands. Searches for food
will drive them out of normal habitats.

There are foxes around here. About as common as bobcats.

There are also occasionally cougars.

And plenty of coyotes. :-P
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
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"suzilem" wrote:

"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
...
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

possibly a gray fox???

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/uroccine.htm

"The gray fox is essentially an inhabitant of wooded areas, particularly
mixed hardwood forests. It is common throughout the wooded sections east
of
the shortgrass plains and in the pinyon-juniper community above the low
lying deserts."




I found a fresh road killed gray fox just this last Christmas on one of
the Suburban roads in New Braunfels... Flatlands. Searches for food
will drive them out of normal habitats.

There are foxes around here. About as common as bobcats.

There are also occasionally cougars.

And plenty of coyotes. :-P

I live in Great Hills/Arboretum area and we have quite a few gray foxes
around here.

There are foxs in the woods around the houses on Red Bud (just up from 79)
and the field between 79 and the diamond (towards the south).

- Barney
"Bourne Identity" wrote in message
...
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

We have seen one in our backyard in Wimberley.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

There are foxs in the woods around the houses on Red Bud (just up from 79)
and the field between 79 and the diamond (towards the south).

- Barney