Interloper Update

He may be our resident bad boy but the Interloper still has a surprise or two up his sleeve. He disappeared altogether not long after my previous post, leaving me concerned that his injured leg had overwhelmed him.

But there's good news. He's back and looking rather better, putting weight on his injured limb. This shows that it definitely isn't broken.

Even so, he's aged visibly since he lost his eye back in the spring. The big question for now is whether he can elude the Old Dogfox once the territory ante is upped as autumn rolls in. And, in spite of some unseasonably hot weather, the year is definitely feeling now as though it's in its final quarter.

If he is expelled, will he simply return in late spring once the mating season is over? Time will tell.

I will try to get a photo of the Old Dogfox tomorrow. He's developing a handsome blackish sheen over his chest, quite distinct from his white colour of yesteryear. Foxes are eccentric in so many ways that it wouldn't surprise me if he is losing white hair with age, rather than the reverse!

Here he is back in the winter of 04/05.