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I have been spreading bird seed in my back yard each morning, hoping to befriend a pair of crows that I believe have a nest in the woods behind my house. The crows come regularly, as do the squirrels. But I was surprised to see foxes eating the seed.
I believe these foxes have their den, with pups, in a brush and stump pile in the woods a hundred yards or so behind my house. They deserve more than bird seed, so this morning, once the sun is up, I have some other things for them — leftovers, and some eggs.
The foxes seemed very comfortable in the yard. I suspect they’re very familiar with the place but that they usually come after dark.
We do not have a woods to shelter foxes, though there are a few fox around spotted by neighbors. We don’t know where they den. However the closes we get is a bluebird house I installed in our small yard and a BB feeder, where they have build a nest, and definitely feeding off the worms, hopefully lay and raise a clutch of babies. The feeder we put out holds worms and seed, so other birds come to our yard; finches, quail, jay, phoebe and others to bath at the fountain too