Fox kit at the edge of the wood

Early in the Spring the foxes made a home in a den at the edge of the wood. We began to see the kits in mid-May. We counted 2 and then 4 and finally one evening we saw 8 at once as they came out to play in the fading light of evening. Mother and Father remained close and watched over them from within the wood, or occasionally laying in the grass nearby. If you were quiet and still, you could hear the calls as the parents came closer to the den, and if the kits were out, they would stop still and turn their heads in anticipation of another meal.  The kits left in June and the abandoned den has been remodeled by the local groundhog.