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Again, no sign of fox over night. Owl came in a second time. Wind coming from east may have been a contributing factor as blows dog scent directly to poultry area and dogs were watching.

GHO already in barn tonight standing on empty pen. It was preening. GHO coming often associated with Red Fox coming in later, especially when chickens disturbed. Traps still ready.

Current trap setup. Pullet in crayfish trap between two cinder blocks. She got best eats and treats before and after. Even though not damaging, still not fun for her as she is separated from brood mates. Something disturbed her around 2352 but I can not see it in images. Likely rabbit...

Fox did not come in last night based on camera, my sweeps with spot light, nor dogs. Wind may be coming from bad direction making so dogs can readily smell approaching fox and run it off before it actually enters poultry yard. That is normally ideal, but we want this guy gone for when wind...

Another fox. Yes, I am good. I keep them happy and well fed. Time to get him / her. Two traps set with balanced nutrition as bait. One trap with live pullet like first. Another trap with persimmons as bait. I think it is a dude based on apparent dangly things under tail.

No sign of fox last night. Dogs particularly active and fence very much hot. Camera crapped out about an hour before fox should have come in. I still shined with flashlight but saw nothing, not even owl.

Bait and camera set. Will start listening for chicken alarms around 2300. I put a dead and slightly stinky rooster into the crayfish trap so its head and neck will be accessible to the fox. Trap is penned between two cinder blocks similar to how they will be setup with leg-hold traps. This...

Fence again hot. A couple post pulled up from whatever got into fence where pushed into new holes. Later will double check for gaps. Tonight a game camera will be positioned on a bait bird with a little reward requiring sniffing. Will train fox to come to trap set if it can still get past...

Another Red Fox spotted in poultry yard at about 1125. This one panicked and tried to run through a couple chicken pens and even ran into fence. My guess is fox is naive to my yard. It did not leave the strong smell the other one always did. Lucy was already out working situation before I...

No more fox intrusions after two nights. Fox caught already supporting a beetle experiment. We will collect it's skull like alien Predators do, for reference.

Fox in very good weight and condition over all good. He was in his prime. Coat is really thin this time of year, like with Coyotes. Most people compare the wild canids to domestic dogs that are to a large degree obese. Even Lucy is overweight which has a lot to do with neutering. Despite...

Lucy and I got one adult male Red Fox. Must not forget the role of the two bait birds. I will admonish the game camera for crapping out just a couple hours after being activated. Did not even last long enough to record owl visit. Batteries should have been good. Ben out with Bella...

We are good to go. Rained most of day wetting all ground except where I had traps covered to keep dogs and free-range chickens off. Hopefully fox will not have issue with that.

It is getting rodents, songbirds and large insects based on pellets I collected. Chickens appear to be more for entertainment.

Select images of owl being a nuisance. A cartoon could be made of this although America no longer rural enough to appreciate.

Fox did not come in at all last night. Camera coverage was pretty good. Owl tried to drag live-trap with its beak which I could hear. As long as Coyotes are close we can relax with respect to fox. If hear Coyotes howling tonight then I am going to go from deck to bed. Hammock is hard to...

About 0230 a single chicken complained and I heard a metallic sound. Nothing shined back in spotlight so I investigated. Small live-trap in rabbit cage appears to have been nudged. Coyotes calling in not too distance. Fox will not invest much effort with Coyotes around as they are a bigger...

I wish I could record sounds being produced. Will have to sleep with shoes on cuddled with flashlight.

And owl can see me clearly.

Dipstick owl is working pens of juveniles hard. Chickens impacted are crowding up in corner under cover to avoid owl. Moonlight makes so chickens can see owl well.