By looking at that bears ears, I can tell you he was 1 1/2 year old bear.....really small. Just curious and thinking that what ever was in that tree might be related to him. Curious animals. Big, really big black bear, RARELY climb trees....they can, but their weight is too much to make much of an effort. They'd rather shake you out of it than climb it. A big bore will shake a small cub out of the safety of a tree to kill it so the sow will come 'back in.' Seen it happen several times. Like an old tom cat with a litter of kittens.