Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl
Chapter 363 - 361: The Evil Bird Has Its Own Vicious Beast to Grind

Little Sen followed Duoduo for almost twenty minutes and was led to the side of a tree hollow.

Little Sen smelled a faint scent of blood.

Duoduo's Wolf Mother was alertly guarding nearby with her cubs.

The entrance to the hollow wasn't large, so Little Sen could only lie on the ground to look inside.

Duoduo and the Wolf Mother approached and called out twice, and a weak response came from inside.

Little Sen quickly opened his medical bag, took out a flashlight to adjust the light, and shone it inside.

Sure enough, a young female wolf was in the midst of giving birth.

Two Little Wolf Cubs were already crawling around her belly, but there was still a mass hanging in the birth canal; she seemed unable to push it out and was very uncomfortable. Moreover, the spot where she lay was already soaked in a pool of blood.

Little Sen gasped in a breath of cold air and, without hesitation, sanitized his hands, put on gloves, and tried to ensure cleanliness before reaching to touch the birthing canal of the distressed female wolf.

The female wolf whimpered weakly, barely having the strength left to struggle.

Lying prone, Little Sen managed to extract the stuck Little Wolf Cub with difficulty.

Apart from that cub, another Little Wolf Cub had also suffocated inside the abdomen.

Fortunately, Duoduo knew to seek help, ultimately snatching the Wolf Mother's life back from the hands of death, and the lives of both Little Wolf Cubs were saved as well.

Chen Ying had left life-saving medicine at the rescue station, and Little Sen decisively fed a pill to the young female wolf.

The struggling young female wolf didn't want to swallow it, but after being growled at by the Wolf Mother, she obediently gulped it down.

Little Sen withdrew his hand, feeling a bit of soreness in his shoulder. He shook it off and wrapped up the two dead wolf cubs, intending to find a place to bury them deeply.

Normally, the Little Wolf Cubs and the placenta would be directly eaten by the Wolf Mother. However, Little Sen couldn't get past his own conscience, so after giving the placenta to the young female wolf to eat, he wrapped the wolf cubs in a piece of gauze.

At that moment, a young male wolf came over, carrying a rabbit in its mouth.

"Let her eat more to regain some strength; otherwise, she won't even have the milk to feed the cubs."

While Little Sen was stopping the bleeding and medicating the female wolf earlier, he had also felt her abdomen, worried about the sustainability of the Little Wolf Cubs' food supply.

"Duoduo, you guys keep watch here. I'll go back for a bit and bring something to fortify the young mother wolf's body."

Eating only meat would work, but it was a slower process to convert it into milk; that's when artificial methods become necessary.

In Little Sen's notes, there were ample records on various points of post-natal care for female animals.

After spending four to five hours to ensure the young female wolf was out of danger, Little Sen, with his stiff body, finally made his way back to the rescue station.

Ruan Mengmeng saw him looking completely drained and hurriedly urged him to rest.

Around dinnertime, a young male wolf came with two hybrid wolf cubs dragging a Forest Deer.

After dropping the small deer, the three wolves left, leaving Ruan Mengmeng completely afraid to move.

When the three wolves departed, she came down with a frown, looking at the small deer in confusion.

"Brother Gao, how should we handle this? They won't say we're indiscriminately killing protected animals, right?"

Old Gao emerged from the kitchen, took a look, and instructed Ruan Mengmeng to take photos with a camera, and then upload them to the central database for documentation.

"Remember to check the surveillance later, cut out the part where the wolf drags the Forest Deer over, and submit it as well."

As for the deer, it became a treat for the little cubs, with the leftovers split between Elder Tiger and Big Tiger for a snack.

Big Tiger had become noticeably bolder recently, venturing out in the morning to hunt, and then bringing his prey back to share.

Generally speaking, after hunting and gorging themselves, wild tigers wouldn't hunt again for at least three to five days.

But Big Tiger had a big appetite and was still adjusting to being one-eyed; his hunting success relied half on luck, so he basically went out for a wander every day.

With this voracious eater around, the population of nearby rabbits was decreasing a bit too quickly.

Yet it wasn't to the point of disturbing the ecological balance because, aside from rabbits, Big Tiger preferred the flesh of Forest Deer and Forest musk deer, which had more meat.

Rabbits were brought back for the Little Tiger Cub to eat, along with the plump Pheasants.

Once the feathers were plucked from Pheasants, the taste was quite good. Moreover, pheasant bones were small and fine compared to those of larger animals, chewable and directly swallowable, providing a bit of calcium.

While Little Sen was sleeping, Old Gao helped dissect the deer, offering the soft meat to the three tiger cubs because it was easy to digest. The edible innards and forelegs were given to Elder Tiger, and Big Tiger took everything that was left.

As they were dissecting the small deer, a flock of crows flew raucously over the trees beside the rescue station.

Old Gao frowned at the group of crows, "These pests are getting too troublesome, almost lawless."

Crows not only ate meat but also loved to steal things. If you weren't careful and left a window or door open, they could sneak in and carry things away—glasses, small mirrors, any small shiny object couldn't escape their grasp.

Ruan Mengmeng's contact lenses were stolen by these pests.

"It's bad enough they steal things, but recently they've been plucking hairs from Elder Tiger; they're probably building nests."

Under normal circumstances, crows lay and incubate their eggs around March or April.

It takes about ten days for the eggs to hatch, and after that, the chicks require a month of parental feeding before they can leave the nest.

The climate in Jiamu Gully is two to three degrees cooler than the plains, so the crows' egg-laying is somewhat delayed, and this period happens to be their egg-laying season.

A few days ago, Old Gao took his juniors to inspect several large trees, which housed numerous bird nests. On a thirty-year-old tree, there were at least twenty crow nests.

Since it was the bird breeding season, the number of small animals sneaking around to steal bird eggs also increased.

For example, members of the Weasel Family, which temporarily camped around the trees with the most bird nests, kept an eye out each day to see if their targets had laid eggs yet.

Not only were the animals waiting, but some birds were also waiting for their species to lay eggs. They would wait for the right moment to push the eggs laid by others out of the nest, and then lay their own eggs.

Uncle Zhao's verdict was a white P.

Old Gao wouldn't interfere in the fights among his own kind, as these were difficulties they must face in the process of growing up.

It was just that the number of crows was too large, which had a significant impact on the environment of the rescue station.

Without the giant panda cubs that liked to climb trees, the birds became even more brazen.

Four days after Duoduo came for help, when Little Sen went to check on the little she-wolf again, he found that she had fully recovered.

Upon seeing Little Sen approach, she proactively crawled out of the cave to greet him before going to one side to eat the prey brought back by the little male wolf.

Duoduo and the she-wolf, along with their few cubs, stayed not far away, with the mother wolf vigilantly watching her surroundings, looking even more imposing than Duoduo.

Little Sen turned on his flashlight and looked at the two little wolf cubs.

They had gotten much plumper than when he first saw them, with fluffy fur, huddled together and sleeping soundly.

Little Sen didn't touch the little wolf cubs, and after seeing everything was fine, he planned to leave.

The little she-wolf stopped her eating and called out softly to him.

Little Sen couldn't understand what the she-wolf was saying, but he could tell the gentleness in her tone.

Tentatively touching its head, Little Sen took out a Medicine Pill and stuffed it into her mouth.

The expression of the little she-wolf froze for an instant, but ultimately she swallowed the Medicine Pill, and then immediately started eating again, as if trying to suppress the strange taste with the delicious meat.

On his way back from the wolf pack, he had to pass through the territory of the crows.

Little Sen carefully made his way, fearing the crows would come and peck at him.

Was it because he had previously driven them away, not allowing them to snatch Little Tiger's food? The crows had held a grudge against him, occasionally playing pranks on him.

Incidents like an "unexpected surprise" from the sky, or suddenly swooping low over his head to pull at his hair and the like.

It's the whole, "I can't help you but I'll disgust you to death" attitude.

With Little Sen's soft-hearted nature, he had no choice but to ask Uncle Zhao for a conical bamboo hat, coated with oil paper or plastic film on top. He would wear it when leaving the house and rinse it clean with water after returning to the rescue station.

But today, after walking for a while, surprisingly few crows came to tease him.

Little Sen found it strange, so he looked for a place with a clear view, preparing to check out what mischief the birds were up to with his binoculars.

What he saw scared him.

The closest tree had a nest in disarray, and the crows were nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the surrounding trees, although the bird nests were still there, most of them were empty.

Little Sen quickly took out his phone to call Old Gao over.

This situation was definitely abnormal; it was uncertain whether it was due to birds fighting or if some other animal had clashed with the crows.

If it were snakes, they probably wouldn't have damaged the nests.

Old Gao arrived quickly, and with him came Big Tiger.

The big fellow wasn't paying too much attention to his eyes lately, and having become familiar with the surroundings, he preferred to be more active.

Old Gao caught up and took a look with the binoculars, "It's monkeys, monkeys have started fighting with the crows."

After all, he was the one who specialized in this field, identifying the offending animal from the traces left behind.

He climbed up the tree with his tools and carefully inspected several destroyed nests, then frowned.

"There are other animals besides monkeys. I don't know much about animals, what do you think likes to catch birds in this forest?"

Predators of birds are usually from the feline family.

But because of the presence of Jinya and Little Jin, the population of other feline species in this forest was relatively low, and they wouldn't appear around the rescue station.

Clouded leopards and leopard cats preferred to catch mice, rabbits, and other small mammals as their food. When it came to birds, they were more inclined to the meaty pheasants and the like.

As for those who liked to prey on bird eggs, Little Sen thought about it and there was only one possibility.

"Could it be the Large Spirit Cat or the Small binturong? They would be more interested in birds and bird eggs."

"The Big Spirit Cat Mother who was rescued by the rescue station before seems to have brought a new litter of cubs, could it be them?"

They were not Chen Ying, so this question remained unanswered.

The two of them watched for a long time and couldn't figure it out, so they left the place after taking some photos.

"Later I will come back to see if I can install an infrared camera; I definitely won't be able to sleep until we figure this out."

If it was just the crows in distress, that would be one thing, but if other birds were also affected, he definitely wouldn't be able to eat or sleep peacefully.

For the following two days, they came to check, and there was no movement in the trees.

On the third day, they found that the previously damaged nests were gone and a few new bird nests had appeared.

However, the culprit who destroyed the nests seemed not to have reappeared, which might be good news.

Old Gao organized the photos and sent them to the Bird Research Institute, asking them to arrange for someone to investigate.

Soon, they received a response from the Bird Research Institute.

It was indeed a Large Spirit Cat responsible for the misdeed, but whether it was the same one previously rescued by the station, the Bird Research Institute could not determine; they could only send the photos taken for Little Sen to identify.

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