With winter (which is not much different than fall, here in southern California) there is extra activity with the wild life. Particularly squirrels and crows. The squirrels are busy burying anything even slightly edible all over the yard. I saw a fat squirrel trying to carry an avocado that was as big as he was…it was very funny to watch! The crows are up to something too but I’m not sure what they are doing. They come to the big trees in giant flocks and sit there all day yelling “CAW! CAW! CAW!”. They are very loud those sneaky crows. Sometimes I startle them by running into the hedge and they all take off out of the tree!