Acorn news in your neighborhood?

I knew this blog would come in handy.
Apparently there’s an acorn shortage in some parts of the country. I’ve already gotten one e-mail, asking whether North Country squirrels face the same trouble. No oak trees in my yard, so I can’t offer any anecdotal evidence of my own. What about you all in the more oak-friendly zones? …along the St. Lawrence, for instance. What’s the acorn news? More on missing acorns from The Washington Post.
People in my neighborhood will remember the Christmas party a couple years ago, when a flying squirrel turned up in the tree…the indoors tree, that is. Fascinating to watch, very puzzling, too. How did he get in? The kids (all in their 20s) herded him around the house. It was a slow chase, really; the squirrel didn’t seem all that upset. I finally let him out the back door, hoping he could find his way back to his cache.
(As I write, I’m listening to Todd Moe’s visit to a root cellar — a human example of squirreling stuff away for winter…)