Fox predation on Geese

Yesterday, the people renting one of our cabins reported a murder! on their lawn. They were sitting on the porch of their cabin sipping wine and watching the wild geese who pasture on our lawns. Everything was quite pastoral and bucolic when, all of a sudden, out of the tall grass sprang-burst a fox who quickly, and in one motion, killed a goose! When they made their presence known the fox retreated. The goose lay on the lawn. The guests retreated to their seats after their initial excitement, and soon the fox reappeared and took the goose into the woods and disappeared. Quite exciting and I wish I would have been present. Everyone has to make a living and find a way to eat! Today the geese are still present but seem a little more cautious and defensive. They are in sufficient numbers that it is not even noticeable that one is missing. We also lost another one earlier in the season to the fox who was then feeding her pups.