Having got back to the car and seen the fox hanging around in the parking lot, I at least had now got a shot of a fox. Nancy and I decided to head to South Beach to see if there were more foxes over there. As we turned on to the road to the beach, there was a dark shape sitting in the middle of the road. As we got closer, it was clear it was another fox. It hopped across the fence and into the field. I jumped out and got some shots of it as it rummaged through the ground in the field. There were tons of rabbits in the field and they were watching the fox intently, but it seemed interested in whatever was below the surface – presumably some rodents.
As it headed further away, we went down to the beach to park up and have lunch. I strolled around down there and saw more foxes in the distance but nothing to get images of. We then retraced our route back up the hill and saw more fox activity on one side of the road. I was getting some shots when I noticed another person looking up the hill on the other side of the road. I decided to see if he had spotted something and sure enough, he had.
A fox was coming down the hill and ended up walking alongside the road just over the fence. I was able to skip ahead and get shots as it came towards me and then repeat the process. It really didn’t seem to car about us. Eventually, it decided it wanted to be on the other side of the road. It hopped over the fence a short distance from me and crossed the road. It was so close, I couldn’t do anything with a long lens on the camera so I just watched it go. It hopped the next fence and then went on its way.
We moved on up the hill in the direction that another of the foxes seemed to have taken and it looked like it might come to us but then it just vanished, so we had nothing. We instead went back to Cattle Point and, as we got close to the parking lot, saw another fox in the field beside the road. I jumped out and was able to watch it drift across the field so close to me. It seemed so uninterested in my presence which was really cool. It is probably a problem how habituated to humans that they now are.
As it moved away, we completed our trip to the parking lot at Cattle Point and found another fox there. It was hanging around watching everyone and then it too headed off to the beach. At this point, it was really time for us to head back to the ferry, so we called it a day. The good news was that Nancy got to see all of the cool fox activity without ever having to leave the car.
One morning I drove up to the office and, as I pulled into the spot I usually use, I saw a bunch of deer on the grass in front of me. This area may be popular with wildlife, but I have never seen anything near the office other than crows! I was going to stay in the car to avoid spooking them but, there was a guy from a contractor loading up his truck and they didn’t seem bothered by him so I figured I could go indoors without them worrying. Sure enough, as I walked by, they looked at me but were unimpressed.
Once I was upstairs, I looked down on them chomping on some of the bushes and then they headed across the parking lot and away. I thought that would be it but, when I headed home, they were back and in the same place. I guess they found our shrubberies tasty. I have seen them once more since but they are clearly not a regular feature yet. I could imagine that this was a thing when the office was closed for the pandemic but to have them around now when things are busy again was a surprise.
