The hollow log makes a great entry tunnel. Big enough for foxes and raccoons, but too small for coyotes.

Your English is excellent! Thank you for your kind comment.

Thank you! We're glad you risked turning on the sound. Reminds me that I should do the same thing from time to time (I also watch most things with the sound off).

@@TexasBackyardWildlife When they are playing and wrasseling I play the Benny Hill theme song. I do this with a few other videos also. Make it more fun.

The foxes have told us that they prefer The Two Ronnies to Benny Hill.

Thank you!

Thank you, Ursula.

You have our admiration (and sympathy!).

Since you are a human, it follows that your offspring would be human.😬😆

@@thecrushedtwinkie6632 You dont know how she gets down

Your security is 👍🏼😊

You can just say mother of 6 or mother of 6 sons "I guess?"

We agree. The heart melts.

They really are beautiful. And so graceful. We love seeing the foxes. Not as curious as the raccoons, though - the raccoons will explore absolutely everything. Take a look at this video: texasbackyardwildlife.com/87123-2/ About once a week a raccoon squeezes itself into this hollow-log bird box and then has to struggle for 5 mins to get out. It's very funny, but one of these days we'll have to stage a rescue mission, I fear.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife ok will do. Takes me a min but I will get there. Lol.

@@Fadedecho1 the word super cute ....u wrote what i was about to write

@@Gamingwithshubham284 hi there! Ya they fit that description. Baby animals are amazing.

@@Fadedecho1 once my cousin was barely 10 metre away from a juvenile Tiger...I love foxes ,here in India we rarely see any of them....stay safe...🙏🏻

Our pleasure. The foxes, fortunately, don't realize there's a camera in their den so we get to watch some interesting things.

Thank you!

You're so lucky to be able to watch a fox family. They really are beautiful little animals.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife and they are very aware of us. We try not to interact, but they seem as curious of us as we are of them. They have such a wonderful sense of fun. These are _urban_ foxes, and every year I pray they make it to some place safer for them.

The foxes do seem to tolerate urban life and adapt to it quite well, don't they? Maybe the pluses (scavengeable food sources, water, fewer predators) outweigh the negatives (cars, hostile humans, big dogs). It surprises us how well the foxes fit in. And we agree, they're smart and they have a sense of fun. An excellent way to put it.

We are working on a video story of the pups from last year, and in it, there's a tiny pup eating a bird that papa fox had brought into a den. The pup is growling like a lion - keeping his/her siblings away. It's amazing - a tiny pup making these fearsome sounds.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife 😁 I’m glad we get an update, the kits have been on my mind. I appreciate the hard work and love that goes into these videos, I’ve learned a lot from them👍👍

half of fox cubs dont survive the den due to the intense fighting of the cubs; its common.

Word is VISCIOUS.

@@Lauren-vd4qe How grim! Kind of makes one want to give up on "nature" when a species is it's own worst enemy.😬😨😫🥺

@big bee Better to have written what the correct word IS than what it is NOT. She obviously meant VISCIOUS, although it was obviously intended with tongue in cheek.

Kailey can you send me your cell or email I would love to get to know you

Thank you.

It must have taken time and patience to do it

Thank you very much, Oneironaut. We love watching the animals who share our space with us here. They are a constant joy.

We love being able to see the private lives of the foxes - and the other critters - when they're using the dens, especially when they're raising their little ones. We honestly feel as though we learn something new about them (or from them) every single day.

Thank you, Tierliebe. We hope one of the mamas will return to a den again this year to have her kits. We will live stream them all, if we can. They are wonderful to watch.

Hyenas aren't canines but they are born with their eyes open and fight immediately they're born

@@okparachizitere6156 yes! So many ferocious little babies out there!

Thank you!

Gray fox fathers stop by with food from time to time, and they help teach the youngsters how to behave once they're old enough to leave the den, but the mothers do about 95% of the work. They're good and patient mamas.

All? Depends though

Thank you, Jeffrey!

Our pleasure, Olga.

money's tight when you're a fox or a wolf, and my money's low - _The Weird Wolf of Wolfville_

Спасибо за ваш очень добрый комментарий. Да, она хорошая мать-лисица.

Thanks for letting us know you enjoyed watching it.

Thank you! We are anxiously waiting for some foxes to move in again this year. We had a family of 2 mamas and 6 kits in this den about a month ago, but they moved. We hope they will come back.

Thank you. We are pleased that you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

That’s so cool video

Me too!

I know! When he said it is not a great fit for the momma fox I thought what if she gets stuck in there or one of the pups does as they get bigger. I am highly claustrophobic and knew it before this video...hahaha.

Thank you, Jackie. We're very happy that you're enjoying the videos.

Thank you!

We have cameras everywhere, and we get to see some amazing things.

Wow. I bet mama fox does have kits and she's under your floorboards. Sounds as though papa fox is doing a great job of keeping everyone safe.

Beautiful and really patient, too.

We're glad you enjoy watching the foxes. We love them and feel very lucky to be able to have this glimpse into their private lives.

Yes, so do we. The fighting is hard to watch.

We rarely see bobcats here - only a few sightings in the past 8 years or so, since we started putting out cameras. Coyotes are apparently foxes' primary predators here - after humans. Gray foxes are beautiful creatures and we feel lucky to be able to live around them.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife I can promise you that coyotes will be far ahead of humans as far as predator on the foxes. And as bobcat increase you will notice a drop in foxes. Your state fish and game should have accurate info. I hope they remain ok. Nature is a tough go.

Nature is tough. You're right, and you're also right that coyotes have an impact of fox populations, but here in the city, rat poison seems to be one of the primary killers. People poison rats and then foxes, ringtails, owls, bobcats, etc etc eat the rats and die. We've found several. It's tragic.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife sad to hear. Poison is never good. They need to use a safer way of rat control. I took 65 out of a commercial building using steel traps. They wouldn't come near baited rat traps. The previous people were trying with rat traps and may have smartness them up.

It's awful. As you say, poison is never good.

Then this is essentially your backyard, too! Thanks for getting in touch.

Thank you very much.

Wow! That's great! We've never seen the foxes eat the sunflower seeds, but then they're in hanging feeders and not easily reachable. We may have to give this a try.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife I accidentally stumbled onto it dumping a ground splash for mourning doves, blue jays and so on. Also found they like bananas, wheat bread, apples and ate every pear that hit ground off my tree. They even ate crab apples now and than. Actually got to watch the whole family play in crab apple tree one evening. Their speed and agility is ridiculous. Hope they return this spring to raise another batch.

Crab apples. That's surprising - they're quite sour. They eat our native persimmons here, and they will pick up apple cores when we toss them out for everyone to eat. We haven't tried them on bananas. The next time we have some going to waste I'll put them out. The raccoons also like persimmons. This video is pretty funny: texasbackyardwildlife.com/raccoon-gymnastics-in-a-persimmon-tree/

Thank you!

Thank you Annie! We have fun with our critters and we're very happy that people are enjoying the videos.

The kits are incredibly cute and the mamas are incredibly patient. The little ones climb all over their mothers and chew their ears and gnaw at their noses and the mothers put up with it all. We're very lucky to be able to watch what goes on in the dens.

Adorable until the siblings kill eachother, as the commenter above your post revealed.

We have hours of gray fox footage that we need to publish. Some of it is unbelievable. Your comment is a reminder to us to get to work.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much.

True. They quite like a tight space. This was late spring in Austin, TX and it was very warm out but they enjoyed cramming themselves into the log anyway.

We love them. We really do. They are smart and beautiful, and as parents they are very watchful and take great care of their little ones.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you, Dennis. It's been great having you on the livestream. We have very much appreciated your interesting questions and sane commentary.

Son hermosos animales, ¿no?

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you! It is very kind of you to write and let us know that you are enjoying our videos. We love sharing what we see in our backyard. We feel very lucky to have so many birds and animals sharing our space with us.

@@TexasBackyardWildlife My parents who now live in England, keep their garden as natural as possible which has not only led to them having the greatest variety of birds, insects and plants, but they also have a fox den in the back which is regularly occupied although the current fox has not turned up in a few months now. We are concerned because my mum would give it dog treats which has led to the fox sitting close bywhen my parents have their coffee in the garden. My mother does not intend to domesticate it though. No cuddling or feeding as such. Only a few goodies in the evening and lots of photos. We are hopeful that the Fox (a female) might be busy with offspring. If you like I will keep you up to date as soon as Ihear something new. I have sent your link to my mother. She will be curious about how the Foxes house underground.

We really hope that your mother's fox shows up again. We love seeing the foxes in our yard, and we know the individuals (most of the time) and worry when they don't come around. The same applies to the other animals. Please do stay in touch and let us know if the fox reappears? You can email us at texasbackyardwildlife@gmail.com. There's a den with 3 big kits up on our live-stream at the moment. They are fun to watch. I lived in London for 20 years and used to occasionally see foxes trotting along quite busy streets, which always amazed me.

Muito verdadeiro.

Yes. They are gray foxes. Beautiful animals!

We're editing for a new video at the moment that shows kits so little they don't even fully have their eyes open and they're fighting. Amazing. And yet we never see the adults fight. I guess it's all practice for hunting.

We have a new fox family on our live stream. Mama plus 3 tiny little kits (in a different den). They just arrived today. Mama is asleep with her back to the camera at the moment but we hope she will wake up soon. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpadoZp1r5mbnmw.html

Thank you!

Thank you very much.

Thanks for letting us know you enjoyed it.

Our pleasure!

Thank you.

Thanks!

Good on you! I'm sure the foxes love you to bits.

Thank you, Darren.

Thank you for letting us know you enjoyed it.

We made it- trying to imagine what kind of space a fox family might like to live in - and we were delighted when they moved in.

Great work!🐺🦊🐺

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Sierra.

Well hello there! Nice to hear from you, Hugo. Maybe some of this stuff goes on in your backyard too?

@@TexasBackyardWildlife We've moved to a condo :-( but my wife is an avid feeder of birds. We've gone from the antics of green parrots to the sublime beauty of a variety of wrens.

We had wrens nesting in one of our boxes last year. They really are beautiful little birds: texasbackyardwildlife.com/wrens-nesting-in-a-hollow-tree-in-austin-texas-2/

Thank you! We have more videos on the way but our day jobs keep distracting us.

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