Dylan had always been good at climbing trees and he knew, from the reports he’d gotten, that a view from above would not only be better for photographing this monster bird, but it would also be safer.
He had been snapping pictures all day of bees, beetles, butterflies, snakes, salamanders, and skunks. He knew he could sell them for a small amount, but he had also been tracking what he was convinced were the footprints of a very large, very heavy bird.
Once he was high in the tree he decided to bait the bird and opened a can of tuna, tossing it to the ground to tease it out. Then…he waited.