This pile of cones from a Scotch pine has been gathered by a red squirrel. In some years, when pine cones are abundant, the cone stash can achieve quite sizeable proportions.

Ending on a sad note - I found a dead orange and white cat today, at FWG. It had obviously been dead for a little while as it was not only frozen solid, but patches of fur were coming off. But what was very bizarre was that it was missing its head. I haven't quite figured out what might have occurred, but no predator around our site would take only the head, so I am worried that something else might have happened to the cat. At any rate, while I was standing back, wondering about this poor animal, crows came to feed on it. A red squirrel was nearby and agitated by my presence, and I was curious to see if it would also feed on the cat, since they are scavengers. But it ran off when the crows arrived and that was that.