Fox Snakes in the Fox Valley by Jack MacRae Fox snakes hatch hungry. During the summer, baby mini-constrictors use their egg tooth to cut a slit from inside their egg. After emerging, they’ll shed once before heading off to hunt for newborn rodents. They grow fast and furious (to a length of 40 inches in … Read more
Article written for the April 2017 “Bravo Magazine” by Dean Tripp Our Fox By its very nature a river belongs to more than one people, place and time. Our Fox is no exception. The water flowing into and out of it is a resource we can’t create or destroy; we can only attempt to manage … Read more
This is the first article in a new regular “Meet Your Neighbors” column of our newsletter. Each issue will bring you a short story about one of the other species with whom we share our ecosystem. And of course, how could we not start with the Fox! This piece is by Jack MacRae, retired DuPage … Read more