As I watched with the dog this squirrel dug out it's cache of pine cones from beneath a small stump then jumped onto the top of the stump to eat its meal.
A warming trend in February has resulted in the water expanding and flowing up onto the ice making the river impassable.
The undergrowth has been thinned out by browsing moose which have now departed leaving a quiet place save for a few chickadees looking for handouts, the occasional drum of a woodpecker, the cries of ravens passing overhead, and an occasional scurrying hare and a solitary coyote passing through.
