I've seen pictures of Gray Foxes that had quite a bit of red on them. Never heard anything about them hybridizing (one way or the other). Michael Shapiro Short Pump ----- 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 > The gulls are coming! We saw thousands of gulls on the James > from the bluff at Chipoaks Plantation. There were Laughing Gulls, > Herrings and Black Backs, but most of the huge flock were Ring-bills. ( > Headed for Richmond parking lots no doubt.) > A swing through Shirley produced many Horned Larks and hundreds > of Pipits in the corn fields along the main road. > They are pumping water into one of the fields and have created a > great habitat for ducks and shorebirds. We saw Shovelers, GW Teal, Coots, > Gadwalls, Ring-necks, Ruddys and Mallards. From the opposite side, along > the road to the trash port, we climbed the berm and scoped out the mud > flats. No Golden Plover, but we saw four Pectoral Sandpipers along with > Semi -palmated Plovers, Dunlin, Peeps, (Western this time of year?) one > Least and many many Killdeer. > 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 > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.