RE: PESO: My Fox

[Malcolm Smith]

Igor wrote:

I haven't seen foxes here, but our diggers are armadillos.
I am too lazy to get outside at wee hours to see them.
And there are might be someone else who keeps re-digging the same hole in
front of the house. (I've sort of given up on closing it back every time.)
Other large-scale pests in our yard are deers. A block down the road, people
are actively feeding them, so there is a flock that is almost fearless. And
they come to chew the roses.

I've finally found a spray ("deers and rabits") that deters the dears.
I am not sure if something like that can also be effective against foxes..

Cattle used to graze in Epping Forest ( a few minutes' walk from me) and at
one point we used to have to shift three quarters of a ton of mobile pot
roast out of our garden fairly regularly. I'd love them back now to take
photos of them. We have deer as well, but our lot are very timid and it's
unusual to get anything close up. We used to have loads of rabbits, but the
fox population has dealt with that!

Send your deer over, we have an excess of roses.

Malcolm 


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Re: PESO: My Fox

[Igor PDML-StR]

I haven't seen foxes here, but our diggers are armadillos.
I am too lazy to get outside at wee hours to see them.
And there are might be someone else who keeps re-digging the same hole in 
front of the house. (I've sort of given up on closing it back every time.)
Other large-scale pests in our yard are deers. A block down the road, 
people are actively feeding them, so there is a flock that is almost 
fearless. And they come to chew the roses.


I've finally found a spray ("deers and rabits") that deters the dears.
I am not sure if something like that can also be effective against foxes..

Igor


 Malcolm Smith Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:49:27 -0700 wrote:

The year before last, we had no end of grief with foxes digging up the 
garden. I bought stuff from a farm shop to repel them - it did the 
opposite. Since then, I've accepted the damage caused, which has reduced, 
and taken it as a photo opportunity. One person a few roads away has them 
at the back door at night, as she has taken to feeding them.  That has not 
gone down well with her neighbours!


Malcolm

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RE: PESO: My Fox

[Malcolm Smith]

Igor wrote:

Malcolm,
That's a great photo!

My first thought when I saw the message subject was it was not literal.

As far as I heard, in Chinese folklore, a fox is a magic creature that
visits to test a person. If the person does well, the fox rewards one. 
Otherwise the tested person can be punished even with a death.

Thanks. I'd not heard that folklore story before.

The year before last, we had no end of grief with foxes digging up the
garden. I bought stuff from a farm shop to repel them - it did the opposite.
Since then, I've accepted the damage caused, which has reduced, and taken it
as a photo opportunity. One person a few roads away has them at the back
door at night, as she has taken to feeding them.  That has not gone down
well with her neighbours!

Malcolm


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Re: PESO: My Fox

[Igor PDML-StR]

Malcolm,
That's a great photo!

My first thought when I saw the message subject was it was not literal.

As far as I heard, in Chinese folklore, a fox is a magic creature that 
visits to test a person. If the person does well, the fox rewards one. 
Otherwise the tested person can be punished even with a death.


Igor


On Oct 16, 2016, at 12:53 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:



Used to have him hanging around a lot:  
http://flic.kr/p/McLu18



Malcolm


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RE: PESO: My Fox

[Malcolm Smith]

ann sanfedele wrote:

nice one... looks like hehas spotted his next prey...

Love foxes

Thanks Ann, I suspect a local cat. They watch each other but rarely fight.
Pigeons often sit in one of the two large apple trees I have, and I've come
down in the morning once or twice this year and found remains. Oh, and
gardening gloves. I've found six over this year, chewed to bits. Foxes often
get inside garden sheds, gloves seem to be their chew toys, and for some
reason they leave them in my garden!

Malcolm 


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RE: PESO: My Fox

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Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Excellent capture!

Thanks Dan.

Malcolm


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RE: PESO: My Fox

[Malcolm Smith]

Paul Stenquist wrote:

Fascinating and well recorded by you. The fox here are very timid and steer
clear of people. 

Very kind. The fox population around here are fine until they know they are
being looked at. One knocked me off my mountain bike this year running out
of bushes into me side on! A small project this year was getting pictures of
Foxes and Magpies, and of course, this year (so far) there have been a great
deal fewer around.

Malcolm


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Re: PESO: My Fox

[ann sanfedele]

nice one... looks like hehas spotted his next prey...

Love foxes

ann


On 10/16/2016 3:53 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

Used to have him hanging around a lot:  
http://flic.kr/p/McLu18

  


Malcolm




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RE: PESO: My Fox

[Malcolm Smith]

Jack Davis wrote:

Very nice sharp image, Malcolm!
Also like the greenery.

Thank you Jack. The weed is around the trunk of an apple tree, which I kept,
as it gave the fox somewhere to hide behind.

Malcolm


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Re: PESO: My Fox

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Excellent capture!


Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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> Used to have him hanging around a lot:  
> http://flic.kr/p/McLu18
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Re: PESO: My Fox

[Paul Stenquist]

Fascinating and well recorded by you. The fox here are very timid and steer 
clear of people. 

Paul via phone

> On Oct 16, 2016, at 7:26 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> 
> Very nice sharp image, Malcolm!
> Also like the greenery.
> 
> J
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: PESO: My Fox

[Jack Davis]

Very nice sharp image, Malcolm!
Also like the greenery.

J

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