As the weather starts to cool, more and more people may find issues when trying to start their cars in the morning. And there may be an unusual culprit: squirrels.

When a driver in Shaler, struggling to get his car to go this weekend, popped the hood, he found twigs, straw, leaves and walnuts. A squirrel had built a nest there.

"Unfortunately more common during the nesting season, whenever moms have to make nests for their babies. We're also seeing it happen more this time of the year because juveniles that were born earlier this fall are starting to venture out on their own. They typically practice making nesting, you know, dreys, to get them through the winter, so a lot of times they don't pick the most ideal locations," said Annie Matthews, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator with Human

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