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.



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walthe310 | February 8, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Nice post. thank you.