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![Click here for larger version<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\nI 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.<\/p>\nI 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.<\/p>\nThe foxes seemed very comfortable in the yard. I suspect they’re very familiar with the place but that they usually come after dark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for larger version. 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 … Continue reading “Foxes!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainable-living","category-the-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31016,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009\/revisions\/31016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foxes_april_2025.jpg\"){kind=link}
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The foxes seemed very comfortable in the yard. I suspect they’re very familiar with the place but that they usually come after dark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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