The critters who live on the hill are marmots--Spokane's informal mascot animal. They are related to squirrels. Their preferred diet includes grass, grains, leaves, flowers, legumes, fruit, grasshoppers, and bird eggs. Notice that french fries and cheese puffs aren't on the list. (I decided to place a cache here while cleaning up a giant mound of cheese puff balls left by a well-meaning person. The marmots won't touch 'em, and they don't decompose. Makes ya wonder?) They hybernate a lot, so if it isn't summer you might not meet them.
Thanks to lazervapor for the container idea. Thanks to SMiDy for the Penny Cache idea. Others may have done these first, but these were the first I found!