Rodent Patrol

This little guy (or gal) is one of several that have come and gone through our garden the past few years. For almost two decades we rarely saw a fox.  And then one spring there were pups, born under a neighbor's garden shed.  

They lounged under the birches like young cats, yawning, stretching and  chasing one another around the garden.  The coyotes have now been chasing the fox and that is troubling.  I'm hoping they can share the habitat, but only time will tell.  When the fox are present, the mouse, vole and chipmunk population is under control.