Oh I see, yes your spring is not showing by now! But therefore you met these cute little animals. We only have squirrls here, but outside from parks not often see them.
Our climate is very mild, although last night it went down to zero degrees again :-(
I know, out of birches can be made xylit sugar, not sure if its made out of this sirup, but probably it is.
:-) Thank you for stopping by to my post