--- Walter Knapp <> wrote:
> From: "Dave" <>
> >
> > We have had Red Foxes in the area this Spring and
> > I have seen one of them from time to time. Tonite
> > at a little after midnight there was a caterwauling
> > outside that I at first presumed was being produced
> > by local cats, but then after a bit I began to wonder
> > if it was perhaps the fox eating the local cats. So
> > I went out with my flashlight to see what I could see.
> > I caught sight of one fox. No dead cats. The fox
> > glanced back at me and then loped off into more
> > distant vegetation. Later there was more of the
> > mewing/screeching. Does anyone here know what
> > various sounds a Red fox makes?
>
> For many years there was a fox den on the vacant land
> next to ours. Out at night they made all kinds of
> sounds. Many not fox like and could make you jump.
> The den is not active now, though there are still fox
> here. Sounds like I think you are describing are
> within what I heard.
>
> We have cats, never had one taken by a fox. Considering
> that Charlie in his prime beat up and ran off a full
> grown German Shepard one day, chasing him off through
> the woods, maybe the fox might be the one in danger.
> Though since Charlie is now nearly completely blind
> he's safe from that quarter. But we have younger cats.
Thanks Walt. Yes I would hope that the foxes will not eat
anything that will get them into trouble with the neighbors.
They seem pretty bold at night. The sound I heard was
not a dog-like yipping, barking, or howling, but something
like a cat might make when out being troublesome. If I hear
it again I will try to make at least a crude recording.
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