An Old Friend Visits

In January a Gray fox came to the porch pretty beat up. Tom had seen One Ear a few times before hobbling around the property and down by the river. On this day he left cat food out for him but as you can tell from the video he had trouble even finding the food and more trouble eating it. After that day Tom left out chicken, fish, hamburger, hot dogs......for One Ear in hopes he/she'd have a little better luck being able to chew. After a month or so of all meat Tom saw One Ear come to the porch again looking like this. Head up, alert, shiny coat, and a little bit of belly maybe. With the coming of Spring came guests and sometime their dogs. The critters of the wild became scarce. A month or so ago Tom saw a Gray fox eating on the porch but in the darkness couldn't tell for sure if it was One Ear as there are at least three other Gray foxes that frequent the property. Coming out of today's rain, almost a year after Tom first saw One Ear, there was no doubt.