I consider myself lucky to live on the edge of the northern Boreal forest across from Amity Creek. Since early late last Fall I have been privileged to watch two gray foxes which are regular visitors underneath my bird feeders. In the late Fall / early winter my fox friends will eat bird seed, but now that it is finally Spring in northern Minnesota, and there are hungry kits to feed, their diet has changed! They still visit my bird feeders, but not in search of bird seed. This chipmunk learned that fact the hard way. Hungry mouths at home also mean my foxes hunt in the daytime, which normally is unusual.

Here are a few images I have taken over the past nine months, including a video where my fox friends give wide berth to a skunk! I think it’s about time I give names to my foxes!