The squirrels love to run across this deck railing to get from the trees on the left to a huge silver maple that's out of the frame on the right. Except they don't really run across in the winter, they take short, fast little hops that make divots in the snow on the top of the railing.
We sometimes leave little cut up bits of apple cores and other fruit scraps out there for them in the warmer months, they are very cute to watch!
