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A gray fox in my back yard. The gray fox is the only canine in North America that can climb trees. This one had been resting in an old kids' tree house 15 feet above the ground. It watched me as I photographed it, then ran down the tree trunk and across the yard, pausing only at this moment as I caught a photo of it. These gray foxes like to live in town. In the countryside, they and their young can fall prey to coyotes. They are crepuscular, which means they are most alert and active around dusk and dawn. They grey foxes in our neighborhood help to control the populations of doves and fox squirrels.

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Uploaded on May 18, 2022
Taken on May 16, 2019