Fox at 8 o'clock

She's a machine, our fox. She is always here at dusk, right at 8pm most nights, though a couple nights ago she was a bit late.

Last night I decided to try to get some video of her. I had a feast laid out — pizza crusts and a pork chop. I was just getting set up at the dining room window, turned on the camera to focus, and there she was.

She started off eating pizza crusts. The crusts were all close to the arborvitae, so I was trying to get video through a tree branch (which will be cut down later today). She had eaten probably two or three before she noticed the pork chop. She chewed on the chop for a short time, then left it and went back to the pizza crust. Curious behavior, right? I kept filming her through the branch, hoping she'd go back to the pork chop before it got too dark. She ate every single pizza crust, she didn't leave a smell, then went back to the chop. She picked it up, got a good grip on it, and headed off. I'd like to think the meat was going back to the pups, who should be a decent size by now.

Queenee was coming down the stairs just as the fox was finishing off the pizza crusts, but I didn't dare move or say anything. By the time she got to the dining room, the fox had just gone. Queenee has never seen a gray fox. She'll have to stay up some night and wait. It won't be a bad wait, our fox is very punctual.