Do squirrels like pumpkins?

Well, what do you think...
  We could not believe our eyes today when we saw a squirrel feasting on a pumpkin right outside our door!  The children watched from the window as the squirrel opened the pumpkin with his teeth, carried the pumpkin a few feet away, spit it on the ground and then ate it!  The squirrel repeated the process over and over again until something scared him and he ran away.

When we went outside to play we decided to take a closer look at what was left of the pumpkin. 
That squirrel hit the "jackpot" when he found a plump ripe pumpkin in the middle of the winter on a spring like day!   Only in New England!