Photos from the Grassy Knoll

Kristin woke me up yesterday early in the morning, and told me to come down to the window. In the meadow next door, there were two furry animals running around, chasing each other. At first, we thought that they were both foxes, but then after watching for a while, it was clear that the other was something else - a Badger!!

The badger seemed to be in a hole of some sort, and the fox would come in and bite at it, then the badger would rush out of the hole and attack the fox. The fox then danced away and the badger went back to his hole.

This went on for 45 minutes or so - at one point two deer came wandering by and one went right up and looked right in the hole, as if to see what these two were fighting about. Eventually, the fox lay down to watch the hole, and eventually wandered away as the day got started.

A young neighbor kid came by later and introduced himself, and told us that there were foxes living up in the field. Now I wonder if the fox had a den here, and the badger came and got her pups. That would be sad, but it makes the most sense - I can't imagine a fox being that persistent and risking that much danger without a good reason. The badger was huge, and obviously powerful, like a little bear or something!

Here is a short video as well (click on this link)