rydra_wong (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rydra_wong) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
common_nature2017-06-19 07:20 pm
rydra_wong) wrote in common_nature2017-06-19 07:20 pm
Entry tags:
Parkour!
Sadly, I didn't have a phone on hand to try to get a photo.
But I just found out that a startled fox on a London balcony will, if feeling cornered, drop two storeys onto the top of a garden wall, bounce off that onto the ground, land with somewhat less dignity than it had intended but apparently without injury, and trot off hurriedly.
In my defense, I really didn't mean to make the fox feel cornered; it's just that my immediate, automatic response to "unexpected furry cat-sized creature" is "stay still, make crooning noises at it, try to edge a bit closer." Had I fled, it would have been able to go round to the other side of the balcony, where you only have to drop down half a storey to an adjacent roof.
ETA: I can't help noticing that there is a very well-chewed yellow foam ball on my balcony, which I did not put there.
Also, by way of apology, I have left a dish of water out on the balcony, because it is a heatwave.
But I just found out that a startled fox on a London balcony will, if feeling cornered, drop two storeys onto the top of a garden wall, bounce off that onto the ground, land with somewhat less dignity than it had intended but apparently without injury, and trot off hurriedly.
In my defense, I really didn't mean to make the fox feel cornered; it's just that my immediate, automatic response to "unexpected furry cat-sized creature" is "stay still, make crooning noises at it, try to edge a bit closer." Had I fled, it would have been able to go round to the other side of the balcony, where you only have to drop down half a storey to an adjacent roof.
ETA: I can't help noticing that there is a very well-chewed yellow foam ball on my balcony, which I did not put there.
Also, by way of apology, I have left a dish of water out on the balcony, because it is a heatwave.
no subject
These are the only fox photos we've gotten, of two juveniles out with their mom that we saw while on a walk:
no subject
Yes, you wouldn't think they were built for climbing, but they are enterprising:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/london-fox-spotted-napping-on-second-floor-window-sill-in-notting-hill-how-did-it-get-there-10453979.html
(Actually, that's quite near me: I wonder if the foxes in this particular area have been honing their buildering skills?)