RE: [canoff topic but foxes seem to be all the go at he mo.

["Suzanne EDGAR" <>]

     THE FOX AT NIGHT

 

Padding across the frosty grass,

she alerted a bright security light

then, nimble as a dancer,

sprang up to an old blue bench

under our kitchen window.

With two dusky paws

balanced on the sill,

she gazed at our ghostly faces.

 

A fox in the garden’s a pest,

an unwanted visitant.

But her tawny fur was sleek,

her widened liquid amber eyes

most curious and bold.

Healthy she seemed, and hungry,

full of all the lust

of pure animal instinct.

 

And so, for a moment, we loved her

at midnight, under a winter moon.

 

(Canberra Times 16/2/13

 

From: Alberta Hayes [
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 7:30 PM
To: sandra henderson
Cc: David Rees;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Foxes

 

Hi All,

 

Unfortunately the National Zoo and Aquarium lost it's entire population of Little Penguins to a fox late last year. They have since got a new lot and made some efforts to keep them a bit safer at night. 

 

If anyone happens to know of any foxes that are particularly unafraid of people and are reliably seen, I have a friend who would very much like to take some photos of them for a project. He loves them and thinks they are beautiful... I have a stole that I also think is beautiful... 

 

Alberta. 

 

On 15 February 2015 at 16:01, sandra henderson <> wrote:

when I was involved in some kangaroo surveying for ACT govt a few months ago, a fox at Farrer Ridge was chased through our survey line by magpies and noisy miners - it was more worried by the birds than by the line of people moving through the reserve.

Quite often smell foxes there rather than see them- there's a lot of thick undergrowth.

 

sandra h

 

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 3:38 PM, David Rees <m("gmail.com","dprbirdlist");" target="_blank">> wrote:

re. Foxes - had one in our road in Harrison, mind you it was being chased by the local Magpie!  They are commonplace in Canberra, but still seriously nothing like what I see visiting family in towns in the UK.  Probably do much more damage to native wildlife in southern Australia than do cats.  Probably the main reason why we don't have Stone curlews about here now - given they can thrive in cat infested towns in Qld.

 

David

 

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Robin Hide <m("anu.edu.au","robin.hide");" target="_blank">> wrote:

In spring I saw a couple of v. young cubs on the median strip on Yarra Glen (between Curtin and Hughes), seemingly unfazed by the streams of traffic .

And a dead fox (roadkill presumably) a few weeks ago on Campbell Street in Ainslie.

Robin

 

 

From: Geoffrey Dabb [mailto:m("iinet.net.au","gdabb");" target="_blank">]
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 2:38 PM
To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");" target="_blank">
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.

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Haygarth [m("effect.net.au","stephanie");" target="_blank">]
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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