Alamosa,
Yes.
Resident small animals and birds are the junkyard dogs which often give larger critters a clue that there is an intruder-predator in their little world.
I have often observed that learning how to move and hunt and hide so the small critters don't know you are there is a huge plus when we still hunt, spot & stalk etc.
Squirrels have about a 15 minute 'memory' ..IF you are still.
Chipmunks are far worse..:(..
The larger critters use the birds and small game as a help in their security...Ya want to be undetected? Hunt and move so slow and unobtrusively that even the banana slugs feel like you belong there..:0 Jim
