what the squirrels did this morning
about two feet away from the iron pole that holds up the suet feeders in the back yard, two gray squirrels in turn backed up, hunkered down, and took a flying leap at the pole. about a foot up, they grabbed the pole with their claws, and tried to shinny up it toward the feeders...
...but instead slid down, down, down until they landed with a bump that made a visible *poof* in the powdery snow.