THE QUARRY
THE RED FOX
Virginia provides habitat for gray fox, red fox and coyotes. Red foxes prefer open or mixed landscapes and are particularly fond of patrolling the large cornfields here in the Valley as this is where field mice and other critters live.
THE GRAY FOX
The gray fox has called the Valley home for thousands of years. Gray foxes tend to live in forested areas and can climb trees unlike most of their canid cousins.
We have seen fewer and fewer gray foxes in this area and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources established a Virginia Gray Fox Project to study the gray fox and the reason for their decline in Virginia.
THE COYOTE
Coyotes drifted into Virginia relatively recently having an original habitat in the southwest. Coyotes look like a medium-sized dog and can be gray or reddish in color. Also, coyotes tend to set off in a straight line and head for the hills, usually running out of territory far ahead of the pack.