These are amongst a mere handful of seeds left on the manitoba maples at the garden. It has been a cold and snowy winter, very difficult for wildlife who must keep up their energy by eating a lot. The manitoba's were full of seeds, dripping with seeds, not more than 5 weeks ago, but now there is just the odd one here and there. The animals have moved on to some of the crabapples that they had previously shunned, when the more palatable, and probably more nutritious, fruits were available.