Fascinated, the vixen stared intently at the image of a bright orange fox curled around a blue circle. This urbanised female fox was sitting on my parents garden path having a good scratch when she suddenly spotted the Firefox tee shirt I was wearing at the kitchen door. She stood fixated for a few seconds as I stood frozen and then returned to scratching.
OK so she was more likely to have been intent on keeping an eye on me rather than experiencing any recognition. And yeah sure, a Firefox is a red panda though John Hicks' has features more reminiscent of a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Still it's a nice image and made me smile.
This particular vixen lives under the shed in the garden at the end of my parent's. She digs up the gardens when hunting for worms and other morsels and her cubs play happily on the neighbour's lawn. At last, I watched her jump deftly over a 6ft fence with ease when she finally finished her grooming, leaving me with an amusing memory.