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[botnizn@xxxxxxx]

another help may be to look for the white tip on the tail of the red fox which 
is lacking on the tail tip of the grey foxes. 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Bumpass <dbumpass@xxxxxxx>
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 20:12:44 -0500
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Sunday birding and fox question


I'm not much of a wildlife buff, but I did a google image search on the
phrase "gray fox".  What I found were pictures of gray foxes with lots of
reddish orange.  I found the paragraph below on gray foxes from an Illinois
website.  The paragraph also mentions gray foxes as having reddish orange
bands.  I don't know if this is what you mean by red.



"From a distance, the gray fox looks like a small dog. Adults are 35 to 44
inches in length. Weights range from 5 to 14 pounds. The sides of its neck,
backs of its ears, and underside of its tail are rusty yellow. A
reddish-orange band separates the whitish throat and belly from the upper
sides and back, which are a salt and pepper gray. A black mane made up of
long, course hairs extends along the top of the tail from its base to its
tip, which is also black."



www.inhs.uiuc.edu/dnr/ fur/species/grayfox.html



The link below shows a Virginia gray fox with plenty of red.



plank-road.com/ indexb/fox.htm



By the way, a google image search is a great way to see additional pictures
of a species.  It's a great way to supplement your bird book when bird's
don't quite look like one of the pictures.



Diane Bumpass



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ben saunders" <betsyben@xxxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:10 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Sunday birding and fox question
.....

>          We also saw two fox, one gray and one with red on his front half
> and gray on the back.  Do they hybridize or was this two- toned fox just
> growing out his winter coat? Are they all gray in the winter?
>
> Betsy and Ben Saunders

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