Was raking the leaves, covered my head with a small red bandana

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a-la Aunt Jemima, and denim baseball style hat on top. As I stopped, I felt some fluttering on my head while spouse was just looking, with interest. When it lasted longer I finally waved my hand and something flew.

What was it? I asked. A sparrow, replied my spouse. What was it looking for? Nesting material, theorized my spouse. I suppose that denim can provide a good nesting material.

Still interesting that it actually spent some time exploring.

Yes, our back yard is wildlife friendly. All birds, squirrels, bunnies and at night, sometimes, raccoon and recently opossum. Also sometimes fox - loving the shelled peanuts.

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1. I saw a fox running down my street weeks ago. I'm about 10 blocks from parliament hill.

That's nothing. There was a bear about 6 blocks from parliament hill 2 months ago. I warned my brother about the fox because he has cats that go outside 3 blocks away. But should warn cat owners here on my street come to think of it.

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2. Cats and foxes are about evenly matched. They tend to make a lot of noises, with little actual

fighting. It's usually a just after dusk thing with both thinking it's their territory and neither wanting to actually get into it. I had a pair in my yard a couple years ago. The neighbor's cat eventually chased the fox back into the little wooded area behind their house across the street. Foxes generally don't go after cats as prey.

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3. I saw a pair of foxes chase a feral cat under a car.

They looked intent on catching her. Maybe in pairs, they're more willing to take on a cat.

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4. Could be, but foxes are solitary, not pack hunters like wolves.

If a pair were together, they might have been juveniles, and playing, rather than hunting.

Are you sure that they were foxes and not coyotes? The big bushy tail is usually the giveaway, plus the smaller size. Foxes generally eat small mammals, birds and insects. They will also eat berries, fruit and nuts. Anything as large as a grown domestic cat is really not on their menu.

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6. Could have been juveniles.

It was late summer, about a decade ago. It definitely wasn't coyotes. I grew up in the country; know the difference and even used to walk through fields looking for and examining fox scat.

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5. Good to know.