Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 152 Let me see, which female marked you

"Old Gao, are you interested in going up the mountain with me?"

"What for?" Old Gao looked up from his computer, his eyes lifeless, "What are you thinking now, the weather's cold already. Can you stop having a new idea every day?"

Chen Ying sighed in exasperation.

If it weren't for Yin Li now being tied up as the station manager, he wouldn't have to resort to asking Old Gao.

"Since it's gotten colder, the animal rescue work here has decreased a lot, so I thought of seizing this opportunity to shoot a few videos on animal rescue, including those birds you like. Want to come?"

When it came to animals, Old Gao wasn't very happy.

The colder weather meant that other animals appeared less frequently, whereas the birds he liked were more active in flocks.

He often saw Jinya and Little Jin along with Leopard Sister and her family catching birds to eat, even the harmless pheasants felt like they were eating away at his heart.

This time they didn't need to climb the peaks above four thousand meters, just needed to stroll around the nearest Snow Mountain, whose highest point was around 3800 meters.

The two spent two days gathering equipment and notified the Protection Station to keep an eye on Little Sen's area during their daily patrols.

On a sunny and breezy day, they set out with their backpacks.

Apart from the drone, they also brought the most expensive piece of equipment from Old Gao's home: the camera.

There were two sayings in the circle that went, "Once you buy Nikon, you hemorrhage money; Once you buy Leica, all that's left are your shorts" and "Photography impoverishes three generations, SLR ruins a life."

Two-thirds of Old Gao's savings over the years had gone into this.

The phrase "Head can be broken, blood can flow, but the camera lens must not be lost" was pasted on the wall above Old Gao's workstation.

This time they were heading to the Snow Mountain on the east side. They climbed up directly from the west side of Huaqiu Valley along the animal trail, walked east along the foothills, crossed a gully, and then reached the shrubbery area at the base of the Snow Mountain.

"I heard they spotted a Rabbit cat here just last year, but only once. Not sure if it was just passing by or ended up in the belly of some fierce beast."

Chen Ying, panting, rested for a while using his hiking pole.

The low temperatures in winter seemed to also reduce the oxygen content.

It wasn't as tiring coming here in the summer.

This shrubbery area was busy with bird activity, just by looking up you could see flocks of pheasants pecking.

Further away, the silhouettes of Golden Eagles and hawks could be seen.

Seeing this flock of birds, Old Gao couldn't walk further.

He took the camera and started snapping pictures left and right, even crawling into the shrubs to take shots from bottom up.

Thankfully, he was photographing birds. If it had been people, he might have had to make a trip to the police station.

"Old Gao, that's enough, let's move on. You can take as long as you want on the way down the mountain and I won't rush you."

"Coming, coming, what's the hurry. Protecting birds isn't animal protection, or what? Don't be so narrow-minded."

Old Gao grumbled as he emerged from the shrubs and was about to pack up his camera when he saw a Red-bellied pheasant approaching.

Instinctively, he lifted his camera and started a frenzy of snapping.

And the Red-bellied pheasant really performed, shaking its head and in a blink displaying an impressive transformation.

"Damn, that's so cool."

(Transformation of the Red-bellied pheasant, complete with Sichuan opera face paint)

Maybe sensing someone spying, the Red-bellied pheasant quickly left.

Chen Ying slapped Old Gao hard, asking if he got it on camera.

"Got it, got it. When we get back and edit this, damn, it's so beautiful."

Calming their excited hearts, the two continued upward like they were on steroids.

The weather was cold, and although it wasn't snowing, plenty of frost had formed on the edges of the mountain gutters.

They didn't dare to wade through the water, instead finding a place with large rocks to hop across.

After Chen Ying crossed, a group of water deer emerged from the woods to drink by the riverbank.

This was a family group comprising two adult female water deer and three fawns.

The two deer mothers took turns drinking while the three fawns enjoyed playing by the water.

Chen Ying gestured to Old Gao to hurry and take the pictures.

Old Gao rolled his eyes but seriously completed the task.

The five water deer didn't linger long; after drinking, the two deer mothers led the fawns back to the woods.

"These three fawns must have been born this spring, as their white spots are still quite distinct."

Chen Ying also captured a video on his phone, focusing on the fawns to observe the state of the deer group.

By the riverbank, the two found a sheltered spot to eat something before continuing.

They had just sat down when the sound of birds flapping their wings rang out.

The noise was substantial, interspersed with a few deer calls.

Chen Ying quickly sneaked a peek from behind a rock, and at the same spot where the water deer had entered the forest, two female deer led two fawns out in a hurried, undirected run, crossing the water.

Then the deer mothers stopped, looked back for a long time, and emitted a "yu yu" sound, but there was no response for a long time.

One of the deer mothers paced nervously by the water, and one of the fawns approached her, stopping her from trying to cross back.

The deer mother nuzzled the fawn's head, looked up, and emitted another "yu yu," carrying an air of lingering sadness, then slowly walked away with another female deer and the two children.

"There must be something hunting, probably caught a fawn."

Chen Ying sighed and sat down.

He took out his phone and opened the photos he had taken earlier.

He hadn't expected that this spur-of-the-moment shoot would turn out to be the last family picture of these five.

The two fell silent, chewing on some bread and lifting their heads to drink water, when Chen Ying suddenly sensed something amiss.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze meeting that of the large creature above.

His pupils dilated in shock!

Damn, when did this big guy get here? Didn't it even knock?

A strange lynx curiously looked at him, with traces of blood still uncleaned around its mouth.

No need to ask, the fawn was probably in its stomach by now.

They should be thankful that this lynx had already eaten its fill, more curious about them than covetous.

Upon seeing that Chen Ying had noticed it, the lynx jumped down and walked back and forth in front of them, tilting its head to size up these two creatures it had never seen before.

"I smell my kind on you, but you are not my kind."

The lynx curiously approached Chen Ying and took a deep sniff.

It was needless to say, it must be Jinya's scent. She liked to rub against Chen Ying, a gesture of affection and marking.

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This lynx must be new to claiming this territory.

The mountain marked the boundary between their protection area and the neighboring one, but there was no clear separation as animals wouldn't know that this mountain was managed by two different entities.

Anyhow, Jiamu Gully Protection Station and the station responsible for this side often communicated, and they were quite clear about the animal distribution on the mountain.

Over the past year, no lynx sightings had occurred here; he thought Jinya had marked this mountain. Unexpectedly, he faced the real master of this territory today.

This was a male lynx, a bit larger than Mr. Lepus.

If it grew any bigger, it might even break out of the category of medium-sized felines.

Mr. Lepus was already a rare large specimen, and this lynx looked even more fierce and aggressive than him.

The large lynx couldn't understand why a female would mark such a creature, curiously circling Chen Ying about a dozen times, making Old Gao dizzy.