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How to support backyard wildlife this winter

By: Jaymi Heimbuch on Jan. 13, 2014, 3:40 p.m.

squirrel hunkers down for winter

Photo: Mike Cempa/flickr

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A fur coat and fuzzy umbrella

Grey squirrels are always ready to raid the bird feeder, even though they spent all autumn stashing away plenty of food to get them through a lean winter. (They also have a built-in umbrella for snowy days.)

Snowy squirrel seed thief photo

mourning dove rests on branch

Raccoons bicker in the snow

rabbit in winter

squirrel hunkers down for winter

Barn owl in the snow

Possum in the snow

long-tailed weasel in white winter coat

deer herd in the backyard

chickadee on a branch

coyote with snow

Skunk walks through snow.

fox sits in snow near path

cardinal female in a tree

A fur coat and fuzzy umbrella

Grey squirrels are always ready to raid the bird feeder, even though they spent all autumn stashing away plenty of food to get them through a lean winter. (They also have a built-in umbrella for snowy days.)