I think he's got this whole living here thing figured out.
Yesterday he finally left the comfort of the cactus pen on his own. I saw him at the gate just like all summer long last year.
What I think he has figured out is that hanging around the gate gets him noticed.
Just like last summer when he was at the gate I brought him food. He'd eat it then go off on his merry way to do something else.
Yesterday when I saw him there I brought him a huge fat nightcrawler then I came back in the house so he couldn't see me.
He ate it, then he left the gate & when I went to the car to leave I saw him in the backyard.
He must know gate gets me food!
How smart is that?
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PHRatz