Squirrel Food in Winter

I'm always fascinated to watch neighborhood birds and non-hibernating wild animals, (like squirrels and rabbits) survive - and even thrive - in winter, when everything outdoors to me looks bleak and cold.

Recently, after a day of stormy weather, I noticed dozens of pine cones that had fallen from a tree outdoors...

There it was! A picnic lunch on the snow, ready for some hungry squirrels!