Gray foxes hold a healthy NatureServe rating in New Jersey, S5 secure, and the record leans more toward iNaturalist (52) than GBIF (34), suggesting most of what’s documented comes from people spotting this notably tree-climbing fox rather than trapping or specimen surveys. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge anchors the state’s top recorded site, fitting the mix of wetland edge and mature forest gray foxes favor over the more open habitat red foxes use.
Records peak sharply in May, 8 sightings, roughly a quarter of the year’s total, the month when kits become mobile enough to be spotted alongside a parent, with a secondary bump in July as young foxes start ranging farther from the den.
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