. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2005 Notes 585. Figure 1. Picture of a swift fox den with an arrow indicating the entrance next to the railroad tracks in Sherman County, Texas, 2003. actively seeking to avoid trains. Avoidance of Coy- otes would be a reasonable hypothesis if Coyotes avoided railroad tracks. Acknowledgments This project was funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Texas Tech University. We thank F. Pronger for allowing us to conduct studies on his land. We thank E. and B. Hampton for their endless support, and A. McGee and M
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2005 Notes 585. Figure 1. Picture of a swift fox den with an arrow indicating the entrance next to the railroad tracks in Sherman County, Texas, 2003. actively seeking to avoid trains. Avoidance of Coy- otes would be a reasonable hypothesis if Coyotes avoided railroad tracks. Acknowledgments This project was funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Texas Tech University. We thank F. Pronger for allowing us to conduct studies on his land. We thank E. and B. Hampton for their endless support, and A. McGee and M. Green for data collection. Research protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee at Texas Tech University. This is Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Techni- cal Publication T-9-1000. Literature Cited Harrison, R. 2003. Swift fox demography, movements, denning, and diet in New Mexico. Southwestern Natural- ist 48: 261-273. Hillmann, C. N., and J. C. Sharps. 1978. Return of swift fox to northern Great Plains. Proceedings of South Dako- ta Academy of Science 57: 154-162. Hines, T. D., and R. M. Case. 1991. Diet, home range, movements, and activity periods of swift fox in Nebras- ka. Prairie Naturalist 23: 131-138. Jackson, V., and J. R. Choate. 2000. Dens and den sites of the swift fox, Vulpes velox. The Southwestern Naturalist 45: 212-220. Kamler, J. F., W. B. Ballard, E. M. Gese, R. L. Harrison, S. Karki, and K. Mote. 2004. Adult male emigration and a female-based social organization in swift foxes, Vulpes velox. Animal Behavior 67: 699-702. Kamler, J. F., W. B. Ballard, R. L. Gilliland, and K. Mote. 2003. Spatial relationships between swift foxes and coyotes in northwestern Texas. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 168-172. Kilgore, D. L., Jr. 1969. An ecological study of the swift fox (Vulpes velox) in the Oklahoma panhandle. American Midland Naturalist 81: 512-534. McGee, B. K. 2005. Swift fox ecology in northwest Tex
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