Daughter, Becky, & I spotted a RED FOX trotting in the road just past the first turn at the refuge off 5 & 20. She headed onto the main drive where we saw BALTIMORE ORIOLES & flitting YELLOW WARBLERS.
We followed her all the way to where people can walk the trail along the canal area, getting several good pictures. The fox really didn't look very healthy. She squatted twice as if having difficulty relieving herself. Her fur color is dull & hair at the base of the tail looked coarse & scrungy ..... maybe the start of mange. Black leg color was poor. Also, tip of the tail wasn't a good firm white. Just at the start of Larue's Lagoon we saw a typically fuzzy fox kit/pup walking rather aimlessly along the road, back & forth. It stopped to drink from a puddle as it walked along, perhaps looking for its parent. We took several pictures & even managed to drive right up beside it before it turned & went running back the way it had come. Further on, about 1/2 way between Larue's & the carp ladder, I saw an odd-looking, small animal running along the road towards us. I stopped so we got good looks at a WEASEL, CARRYING A MOUSE almost as big as it was!!!! At the mudflats we saw 2 DUNLIN. We saw other feathers but these things were the highlights. Fritzie B. Union Springs -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
