Fox sighting at Lincoln Park

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    moonflower
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    Yesterday, on my walk around Lincoln Park I saw what at first I thought was a wolf. Right after the sighting I talked to a man with 2 dogs who said it was a fox. He said it was ‘the biggest fox I’ve ever seen’. I had seen a fox or two in Illinois and this one was different in that it was all brown and it looked like it was on steroids. (I had seen a red fox.) Has anyone else seen a fox at Lincoln Park? I saw him on the upper trail somewhere between where 2 nouthend trails start that take you down to the beach. I think it was around 2pm. It was the eeriest feeling. He moved very stealth-like, first he was there and then he was gone. Just had to share this. It was pretty cool!

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    WSB
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    We saw one run across Admiral during our first few years in West Seattle … and haven’t seen one since. Did wonder about foxes during a nighttime walk down the Thistle staircase earlier this week, when we heard something rustling loudly in the greenery nearby … Thanks for sharing!

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    acemotel
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    what portion of Admiral, generally? i.e. habitat was likely Schmitz Park or Duwamish Head greenbelt?

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    JanS
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    I used to live on Genesee Hill..54th near Charlestown…and we would periodically see Red Foxes running down our street in the wee hours of the morning. I assumed that they were going from the greenbelt above Me-Kwa-Mooks over to Schmitz park. They’ve been sighted at WS Golf Course, and Camp Long, too. They’ve been here a long time, and will probably be around for just as long…protect your pets…

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    flowerpetal
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    An all brown fox on steriods acting “stealth like?” Methinks you saw a coyote of which we have been reading about the sitings of in Lincoln Park. Urban foxes don’t get that big cuz there aint enough food for them to grow big.

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    GenHillOne
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    Methinks you saw a coyote too. As I understand though, there are indeed (red) foxes in Schmitz Park, sometimes families. Thus…the Schmitz Park Elementary mascot. “Smart as a fox!”

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