Red Fox and Snake Limb

We seem to be seeing a lot more foxes than we ever did. While driving through another neighborhood there was one scurrying in broad daylight in front of all of the homes - even stopping for a close up photo. We saw one in the neighborhood park two weeks ago, running along the stream and then in to it - far enough away to turn his head back and look at us. My husband even saw them on Capitol Hill on morning walks - on the Capitol grounds. And unfortunately this week we saw two dead on the side of the GW parkway. A week ago we went on a morning walk in the neighborhood park. The first thing we ask is where are the birds, the heron, the hawk, the deer, and the fox? And if there aren’t any animals or birds, we imagine things like snakes wrapping around tree limbs. As we were walking on a long stretch, the fox appeared at the far end of sidewalk - and stood there watching us. He saw we were coming towards him and finally darted back in to the brush. We passed that area and didn’t think we would see him again. Then on the way back we spotted him - now across the little stream - watching us again. It almost makes you feel weird - what was he thinking? Then yesterday he appeared in the same area but just ran back in to the bushes before I even had a chance to get his photo. We really enjoy seeing the wildlife - it seems like they really enjoy seeing us too!