Squirrels

[7rider]

Was it the year before last when the oaks weren't producing many acorns in the DC area? We saw a big drop in the squirrel population as a result. Never fear, they are back in force (interestingly, more black ones than grey).

Drop in the number of crows due to West Nile? Yeah, I've noticed it.
Drop in the number of squirrels due to a lack of acorns? Not in our backyard!
They've been pretty steady in all the years we've been around.
Chipmunks, too.
We have lots of fat happy fauna in our back yard - all the way up and down the food chain (we've found big black snake skins in our wood pile where the chipmunks hunker down in the winter with their stash of bird seed, the hawks patrol the feeder for unwary birds, and the fox will cruise around looking for just about anything.).

[Selkie]

7 -- This was either 2009 or 2008 (acorn shortage). IIRC, there was an article in the Post about it at the time. Noticed it in Arlington, since we are surrounded by big old oaks. Maybe Monty Co was spared? South of the Potomac, well, you know it's got issues.