My over the road neighbour is a smoker and keeps rather weird hours. His family, because of their three very young grand children, will not allow him to smoke inside so he often, at 1, 2 or 3 o’clock in the in the morning will come to his front porch for a cigarette. He has told me that he reasonably regularly sees foxes wandering up and down Maribyrnong Avenue, along with Eastern Grey Kangaroos, pussy cats – you know, the ones that all the local responsible cat owners have - dogs, flying foxes and people doing weird things at that hour of the morning, including possible drug deals. I have heard reports that the greatest concentration of urban foxes anywhere in the world is in and around Melbourne – I’m not sure how truthful that is but it wouldn’t surprise me. They are the one species that has put me off keeping chooks in my backyard..
Mark
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 2:38 PM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Foxes
A young fox in Campbell Park, one of several prime breeding spots in Canberra. Callum Brae and Mount Mugga are possibly better. I've seen them in my street recently (one accounting for Whiteney Houston a year or so ago). Some people can smell the dens from 50m.
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From: Stephanie Haygarth
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 1:56 PM
To: Cog line
Subject: [canberrabirds] Foxes
Further to Stuart and Philip's emails, ABC TV news tonight (Sun) is doing an item on Canberra's urban fox problem. The item, and the online story which can already be accessed via the link below, contain some of our footage filmed at night in our Ainslie front yard.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-15/increasing-fox-population-causing-massive-damage-in-canberra/6076788?section=act
Cheers
Matt and Steph
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