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And while the fox is away, the new foxes move in. <\/p>\n<p>They&#39;re still quite shy, but getting bolder. One fox came to within about 15 feet of the open door tonight, and has been back several times since. And another, briefly, appeared at the rear of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>The newcomer making off with an egg:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/fox20412003.jpg\" alt=\"fox20412003\" width=\"529\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/fox20412003.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/fox20412003-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1128,24],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","tag-fox","tag-wildlife-2","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are strange sounds in the night. 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