Fox and minivan
May 8, 2025
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I saw the fox for the first time in a while, at least in our yard. A week or so ago, I saw it, or one of its family [side note: I need to learn how to identify male and female foxes so I can stop calling them "it"] a few blocks towards town running in our direction. Tonight, as I was doing dishes, I saw it slowly trotting along the edge of our driveway toward the road. I moved to the front window to watch it. It spotted me, but didn't really seem to care. It then continued a few feet, but stopped to investigate something in the grass. Then I saw a minivan driving very slowly on the road, which then came to full stop about ten or fifteen feet before our driveway. It was very nice, and unfortunately unusual, to see. So kudos to that person for both paying attention and also stopping. But the fox did not trust it: rather than continue on its path across the road in front of the minivan, it cut through the neighbor's yard and then crossed about ten feet behind it. The minivan then also continued on. I wish more animal-driver interactions were like this.
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