As my car sat outside during work today, maybe half an inch of snow fell on it. After work, I saw something I’ve never seen on my car before… tracks. All over the hood, and more strangly still, all over the windshield. And I mean nealy every square inch. I’m not an expert in tracks, but they were surely way too small for a rabbit, and too big (I think) for birds – anyway, they weren’t in pairs like a hopping bird would make. So I figure one or more squirrels, but hey, I could be wrong.
So what’s the deal, I thinks. It’s bitterly cold today, there were weather alerts that the windchill mught get to -40 at times, so maybe one was attracted to the engine heat? Ok, maybe, but I didn’t see any pressed down areas like a little body had laid down, just feet marks. OTOH, maybe that argues against squirrels – would there be little belly dragging marks from a squirrel? I dunno.
And, AFAICT, it didn’t ever lose it’s traction on the windshield – no little slidey marks showing a slip down the slope of the windshield. And no ice under the snow after I brushed it off – I thought maybe some frost build up had allowed a grip, but no, the glass was clear and smooth as… glass.
So I may be left forever curious as to why my car (and one other next to it, I noticed) was a critter playground today.