Now that winter is approaching, the autumnal reshuffling that was dominating our attention back in September and October has come to a close, and Short-lived Phenomenon Field Reporter Andrea B. reports that the surviving Massachusetts squirrels looked very fat and fluffy in their thickening winter coats over the recent holiday. This story from the other coast provides both a good overview of the suprising craftiness of the squirrel, a craftiness unfortunately not yet up to speed with a few aspects of the modern world which now surrounds it (though as the top photo shows, they manage to figure things out if they have enough time).