I saw them quite frequently on the farm where I grew up east of Lebanon, in Linn County - once in a tree! (This was more than 50 years ago.) George Neavoll S.W. Portland Begin forwarded message: > From: Wayne Hoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: [obol] Re: Off topic - Gray Fox - Clatsop Co. > Date: August 18, 2014 8:59:45 AM PDT > To: kfsaylor@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: David Lauten <deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, OBOL Oregon Birders Online > <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: whoffman@xxxxxxxx > > Cool picture! > > I have seen them several times in Oregon, but never got a camera on one. > Mostly I see them crossing roads in front of the car, generally early AM or > near dusk. My sightings have been in Corvallis, and in the Umpqua, Rogue, > and Illinois valleys. > > Wayne > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Keith Saylor <kfsaylor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > Here is a link to a Gray Fox image I was able to capture (Aug. 13th, 2014) > along the east side of New River in Bandon State Natural Area. The image is > fuzzy as I had no time to focus through the grasses. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CiDOXsHkYEcZJ4rF6EdEVtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink > > Keith F. Saylor > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:46 AM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein > <deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh I should add they are rather common right up to the beach. They will > hunt on the edge of the beach but they generally do not like wondering out > into the open, unlike Red Fox. They really are a woods/shrubby habitat > animal which is why they are hard to see. We see their tracks all the time. > > Cheers > Dave > > > > On 8/18/2014 7:19 AM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein wrote: > Hello Jeff > > We see Gray Fox or their evidence all the time here in Coos Co. They are > rather common, just not the easiest to see. If anyone doubts me, I can find > a whole bunch of people I work with who would confirm this. > > > Cheers > Dave Lauten > > > > On 8/17/2014 9:11 PM, Jeff Gilligan wrote: > Owen Schmidt and I saw a Gray Fox as it crossed the road in front of us just > before the last parking lots (the one with the raised walk to the bunker > observatory at Trestle Bay). I have seen Gray Foxes in Arizona a number of > times, but this was my first sighting for Oregon. A range map shows them > right to the southern shore of the Columbia River, but not across, and even > to the coast. If there is a more northerly Gray Fox, and the map is > accurate, it couldn't be further north than by a few hundred feet. > > http://www.scetv.org/web/web_of_water/images/uploads/gray_fox_r_map.jpg > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol > Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol > Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol > Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol > Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol > Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol > Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > -- > Keith F. Saylor > >