Anyone knows what a fox sounds like?

[BlueStar-57]

Couple of weeks ago after dark I heard a wierd animal crying noise down by the water shed . Didn't see any animal though.

Then last night while at the barn to put food down for the coons and fox (I hadn't seen him lately) I heard the noise right outside the door while I was talking to the coon , my only line of defense was to climb to safety or hit it with a bucket. With bucket in hand I walked out and saw the fox about 6 feet away, he took out still making it's wierd noise.

It's not like a growl or common animal noise, thus I was wondering if it has an injured wind pipe or if that is the normal sound of a fox.

[BlueStar-57]

Never mind, found out it's a territory call. Was surprised a google search found anything relevant, but someone on a board posted the link to some sounds.

In case anyone else is interested this is the url:
http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/thefoxden/sounds.html

[jerrykr]

what type of foxes do you have there? We have a pair of Grey Fox living somewhere close by in Southlake of all places. (my house is close to Big Bear Creek, which is still pretty wild).

I wondered how they get around with all the tall wooden fences we have, but I saw them go over the fences just like a cat. Googled and found that Greys can climb trees, and Reds can't.

Don't see them often, but this week early in the morning I saw one of them again.

I've not heard them make any sounds (that I know of).

So, you feed them?

cheers,

[BlueStar-57]

It's a grey fox and yes from the site that had wav's of the sounds they make I found out it was probably up in the tree, reason I didn't see any on the ground that night. I was surprised to find that out.

They don't tend to bother cats or dogs unless they are sick. Don't know if there are a pair of them since I have only seen one at a time but that was the case with the coons too...took seeing 2 to know I had more than one. I listened to all of their wav's and some are distinctive enough to know it's not any other animal while some sound similar to dogs.

Site also said you shouldn't feed them which is true because they get lazy and expect hand outs and they can carry rabies (so can all the other varmits out here though). When I first saw it, it was pretty thin so I bought some cheap dry dog food for it, the possiums and varmints to keep them away from the house and cat food. I don't mind with living with foxy around, but it has to know it's my territory too LOL. It's not as thin now so I will not put out as much food for it. I do hope it's still around by the time I buy a Bigma lens so I can get a shot of it. I don't see mine daily either, but I bet it's around when I'm not out there. Never seen a red fox on my place but have about a mile down the road.