Foxy family moves into Story Hill

Photos by Pete Schmidt

April 30, 2007 -- A family of red foxes is nesting under a shed in a neighborhood yard, Pete Schmidt reports.

"The red fox is a lean mean hunting machine that’s built for speed," according to the State Department of Natural Resources.

Foxes like to eat mice, rabbits and squirrels, but aren't fussy and will scarf down vegetables and fruit as well.

Young foxes start hunting with the folks at about three months, and move into their own places when they are seven to eight months old.