I live in pretty much an urban area. Usually, when I see desert fauna, it's on some hiking trail a good ways away from the metropolitan area. I've come across a few rattlers and a few scorpions out there, a few coyotes. But the city is pretty well developed.
I was sitting in the front porch a few nights ago sipping some hojicha (Japanese roasted green tea) when I happened to look over at the neighbor's yard and saw what I first thought was a cat, sitting, looking across the yard, debating whether to cross the street. There was something peculiar about this cat, though; once it started to walk it became immediately clear to me that this was no cat. This was a fox! Right in the middle of town! Way cool.
Might not seem like a big deal to anyone who lives outside of a big urban area, but to me it was very exciting. I googled and voilá . . . . the photo of vulpes macrotis shows exactly what I saw that night.
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