RE: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor

Thursday, 10 July 2014

RE: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor

we have had them in Phippsburg for a few years. They breed here and eat under my birdfeeders, specifically black oil sunflower seeds. We accidently caught one in a Havahart trap recently, youngster. RRR

From: catbird338@hotmail.com
To: maine-birds@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:05:34 +0000

They are locally common but shy. I've seen one in Knox and someone brought me one (with canine distemper) a few years ago. I called IFW and UMaine to see if anyone was interested in the body but no response but an amused receptionist- though it was summer vacation time. I think Orono knows me now as the alumni who calls about dead opossums/grey foxes/oddities and their body parts .....
Sarah

From: therefromhere168@gmail.com
To: mijord@maine.rr.com; maine-birds@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:44:49 -0400

Marie,

That’s it, same critter. The face was very distinctive... “cuter”-looking vs. the fiercer/more cunning appearance of the Red. But apparently where the 2 species cohabit, the Gray Fox is the dominant one.

The sighting was at 7:20 pm (I didn’t specify that in my post).

Thanks for your reply,

Sean

From: Marie

Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:30 PM

To: 'Sean Smith'

Subject: RE: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor

This is the one that was last in our yard - does it look anything like the one you saw?

Has an itch!!
Marie

From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com [mailto:maine-birds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Smith
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:17 PM
To: Maine Birding List
Subject: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor

About 7:20 Jeff Webb and I got very good looks at a GRAY FOX on the Watchmaker Street side of the Essex Street woods trails. We had stopped to look at 2 Eastern Cottontail rabbits that were grazing on the side of the path, passed a runner who disturbed them into bolting, gone a little further toward the “Do Not Enter” field, and turned around. Walking back along the path we saw the fox standing, then sitting in the path right near where the rabbits had fled into the surrounding swamp. It was very silver -gray on the sides with a lighter face, and traces of red surrounding and accenting the predominant gray color, and a distinctly darker tail. Not marked anything like a Red Fox (which I’ve seen many times but not at Essex). It was smaller and its head/face were differently shaped... my first thought on seeing the face was that it was Bobcat-like. At one point while we were watching it with binoculars and it was watching us, it sat down in the middle of the path just like a dog and calmly looked at us until we got within maybe 60 feet, when it trotted into the woods. Apparently they are uncommon in Maine (?) I’m not a mammal expert, though I’ve lived in Maine a long time and seen every larger mammal species other than Lynx. I thought it might be worth reporting.

We went to find Green Herons (I saw 4 individuals there about a week ago, same time of day) but were unsuccessful. For birds today the place was overrun with Mallards, there were some Cedar Waxwings, Warbling Vireos and Chimney Swifts... nothing really noteworthy.

Sean Smith

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Thursday, 10 July 2014

RE: [Maine-birds] Non-avian: GRAY FOX at Essex Woods, Bangor

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