On Sep 22, 1:38�pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> rosie wrote:
>
> > Import some foxes, we have gray foxes, �they eat a lot of things --
> > almost anything, and they love rabbits. This year we had a bumber crop
> > of baby foxes, �6 of them for a grand total sometimes of 9 of the
> > foxes �!
>
> There was a fox hanging around the neighborhood
> a few years ago. �Haven't seen it since before
> the coyotes showed up, though I don't know if
> there's any connection. �I watched a nature
> program yesterday which showed a coyote chasing
> a fox away. �The narrator said that coyotes
> chase foxes because they compete for the same
> food sources.

Yes, they compete for a lot of the same foods, the foxes are
supposedly mostly nocturnal but we see them at any time of the day.
they have several dens near the house and move from one to another.

rosie