Gray Fox Report

Gray Fox Report for April 2019 April: Gray Fox Birthdays Submitted by William C. Leikam President, CEO & Co-founder Urban Wildlife Research Project A 501 C (3) Nonprofit Corporation wcleikam@gmail.com Sunday, 7 April, 2019 Please donate so that we can begin the collaring project. Deadline for donations is September 15, 2019. Your donation is tax…

Incest at the Baylands

Gray Fox Report for February 2016 Respectfully Submitted by William C. Leikam, Founder of the Urban Wildlife Research Project (UWRP) Date Submitted: Wednesday, March 05, 2016 Background February is the time when the females are in estrus (heat is the common term for that condition) because the foxes give birth to their young sometimes in…

Gray Fox Report for July 2015

Gray Fox Report for July 2015 Respectfully Submitted by William C. Leikam Founder of the Urban Wildlife Research Project (UWRP) Date Submitted: August 5, 2015 CORRECTION In June’s email I opened, “With the loss of the litter around the water treatment plant, with Little One in seclusion and none of the other females in the region…

UWRP Newsletter: Gray Fox Report for March 2015

Welcome to the Urban Wildlife Research Project Newsletter Gray Fox Report for March 2015 by Bill Leikam, The Fox Guy Gray Fox Report for March 2015 Respectfully Submitted by William C. Leikam Founder of the Urban Wildlife Research Project (UWRP) Date Submitted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015   It’s the waiting time; that time when many…

Gray Fox Report for December 2014

The heavy rain and subsequent flooding along Matadero Creek claimed the life of one of the gray fox pups/juveniles. Several of the foxes including the juvenile that drowned, were there in the overflow channel that morning. Just before that first heavy downpour, at 7:00 AM I was at Matadero Creek ready to leave. The creek…

Gray Fox Report of February, 2014

Location: Public access areas along the levee road skirting Matadero Creek. Last report – 12/27/2013 (Picture #1: Helper Female  #2, Creek vaulting over a 10 foot channel) As mentioned in my last report and as a quick reminder I have been hampered in my monitoring of the gray foxes due to having my Palo Alto City’s permit…

January 2013 Monthly Fox Report

Monthly Gray Fox Report by Bill Leikam Sunday, January 27, 2013 Over the period of just over a month since my last report, a few changes have taken place with the gray foxes at the baylands. Since early December and on into January, the young foxes, the yearlings, have ignored the usual territorial boundaries as…