December 3

The fox may be on the move again, for I’ve seen them twice now in the same location crossing the road in what must be a corridor. Three mornings ago and again today, in the hours before dawn, a pair emerged from the driveway located next to the wetland area on Route 122 just west of where Grove Street intersects. First came one fox, trotting slowly across the road from the driveway, stopping within the border of trees on the other side that marks the entrance to Crowningshield.

It paused there within for a couple of seconds, then gave a sharp barking call, shrill and intent. A moment later its companion emerged from the same driveway, following the same track across the road and into the woods, presumably both headed for a den somewhere in the small forest that stands between the outlying homes in the development and the first reservoir of the Kettlebrook ponds below.