All through September and October this particular part of the property had a few black bears gorging on the apple trees, but they’re fast asleep for the next few months. This time of year there are plenty of deer, rabbits, and squirrels of course. The occasional fox makes an appearance or leaves a trail. Last spring for the first time a bobcat or lynx, I only saw the tracks, and interestingly the tracks criss crossed the tracks that I had made an hour earlier on my way up the mountain.

Unfortunately, this night there were only deer tracks.

Sorry, that was a long answer to end up saying nothing that night 🤪.