Grey Fox

This Grey Fox appeared on my back wall to eat berries from the pyracantha bush. Then he hopped down and strolled down the backyard. Sensing a dead bird in one of the bushes, he grabbed it and sped away, hopping up on the wall and disappearing.

There are three species of fox in Arizona - the red fox, kit fox, and gray fox.

Of these, the 5 ½ to 9 pound gray fox with its rust, black, and grizzled coloring and black longitudinally striped tail is by far the most common, occurring wherever there are mountains, wooded country, and broken terrain.