Birds storing acorns for winter

Acorn woodpecker perched on a metal grill lid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1KiaVyp2g

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBeingJerks/comments/j5ma34/i_no_longer_have_a_grill/

Acorn woodpeckers drill holes and wedge acorns into them so the cache lasts through winter.

A metal grill lid can stand in for bark: the bird hammers acorns into any gap it can wedge shut.

Tuesday October 6th 2020