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I will be taking some time off from the Gift Tree, probably a month or so. Don't think they like what I have been doing over there of late starting with hiding the mini audio recorder, and am pretty sure they have been observing me. For starters, I am parking as close as I can for quicker trips in & out to check it, still a 20 minute hike each way, and my older truck with the hi-po motor sounds loud and distinct, with the sound traveling down the ravines, giving them plenty of time to head over to watch me. Last week I did about 20 minutes of tree trimming to get the area ready for one of my home-made camera traps, and will have 3 cameras in play plus audio if I decide to do this or not. Went to check yesterday, and they apparently left me another 'message', and bit the head off my little bird! Here's a before & after pic of my bird placement, and you can see the skull was moved, also, they are checking every time for another recorder under that rock. Lulu found the bird, and was sniffing it very intently for just under a minute, then looked & sniffed towards the overlooking ridge-line.........I can almost guarantee something was up there judging from her actions. Third pic shows her sniffing the bird (red arrow), and the Gift Tree is a little to the left of the green mark. The blue lines are the steps it took before biting off the head and throwing the rest on the ground......looked around for the head, but haven't found it yet. Last pic is a close-up of the bird, flat looking teeth impressions, and the tail is missing too. It appears the head was bitten off, this is thick hard plastic, what on earth could/would do this? I took it as yet another message:)

Then there is the "bluff" charge of a black or grizzly bear. Lots of huff, but screechies on the brakes 10 ft. from you and turns tail and hopefully doesn't full on charge again without bluffing. (BF have been known to use the same tactic) Testing your mettle! Mettle as in staying quality or stamina! Not talking those who need the little blue pill here but those who may need CPR after an adrenaline rush having their mettle tested by a bear, OR BF!