Fox on The Grounds!!

After a long absence, our resident fox has returned! He or she (we wish we knew which) arrived on the scene last night just after midnight. He (we'll settle with it being a wandering fellow) screamed to get our attention. Well, not really our attention, but the attention of our cats. Bob had gone out to take care of the necessary business shortly before the screaming began. Bob, our half-tailed black cat, seems to bring out the ire of Mr. Fox. It may be, too, that he's annoyed that there are so doggone (no pun intended) many of them - five.

He was nearly at the patio last night, probably because he smelled pieces of chicken that had been left by the cats after a recent dinner. We couldn't tell, but Bob must have been on the patio. The fox, a red fox, by the way, stood and stared towards the patio, threw back his head and screamed - repeatedly.

How frustrating to have some feline blocking the path to a late night meal, but, what a joy for us to have the privilege of seeing him as he passed through last night!