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I Just Saw a Fox Catch a Rodent

February 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM 1 comment

I just saw the coolest thing, none of which I caught on camera because it all happened so fast, so I’ll have to explain it as best I can.

About an hour ago I was going east on Gillaspie Drive in South Boulder, Colorado, on my way to the vet.

This is a screenshot of east-bound Gillaspie via Google Street View:

I was driving up the hill when, at approximately the point where the car is parked on the right, a red fox crossed from right to left.  On the left is a small hill at the bottom of which is a park and a small lake.

I thought, well, that’s cool.  I just saw a fox.

When I got to the point where the fox entered the park area, I turned to my left and saw that the fox was right there, just off the road, in some tall grass, and this is what he was doing:

I though wow, how cool.  I’ve seen lots of pictures of foxes doing that but I’ve never seen it in person.

I kept driving and when I looked in my rear view mirror, I saw this (screenshot via Google Street View of Gillaspie looking west),

and the fox running from right to left, back from where it came, with a rodent in its mouth.  I couldn’t tell what kind of a rodent it was but it was about the size of a mole and I know moles live in that area.

Anyway, what a thrill!!!

Entry filed under: Animals (Other Than Us). Tags: rear view mirror, red fox, tall grass.