Outdoors: More than just leaves fell last autumn
There was so much more than foliage falling during last year's autumn months.
September brought catastrophic rains and flooding from
Gun supplies fell, too. Responding to yet more mass shootings,
With flower petals falling and most nectar sources drying up, hummingbirds left us in mid-September. Simultaneously, the last peaches fell just as the brief, much-anticipated broad-winged hawk migration merely trickled over
Summer ended with asters and goldenrod conspicuously blooming as mushroom gatherers went afield harvesting baskets-full of delicious suillus and boletus fungi, all of which benefited from earlier rains.
Fall officially began with temperatures unnaturally in the high 80s -- and word that
No one had to tell our bird-banding research team at the
At
The scientists and the lobstermen had never seen dissolved oxygen levels this low in
In late September, the wrath of massive demonstrations in 150 countries fell on the deaf ears of political leaders who have allowed climate change to go unabated. Six million people urged leadership to stem future catastrophic global heating that already had caused previously unimaginable wildfires, heat waves, heavy rainfall and extreme storm surge flooding.
Some 500,000 marched the streets of
September, the beginning of the moose mating season, ended with a young bull moose, one of about a thousand in the state, wandering into
October began with record heat-wave temperatures throughout the East. Hundreds of records fell as temperatures hit 100. Up north at high elevations, the first frost occurred on
In
Our first Nor'easter struck on
A second Nor'easter on
While
Later in the month, inland fishermen were happy with tight-line action as MassWildlife conducted its fall trout stockings in finally cooling waters. There were 60,000 rainbows and 4,000 browns added to the excitement of our changing foliage.
On
October ended with temperatures in the 70s and more trick-than-treat winds and rain. The final totals for the autumn hawk watch at
November began with heavy winds contributing to massive leaf-fall. A 40-degree plunge in temperature brought the first real frost to the area and the end of many surprisingly still-producing tomato gardens. Stowe and Okemo began making snow. Record cold temperatures subsequently descended all the way down to
Meanwhile, as wildfires continued to consume vast areas of
In
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Friday through Sunday -- Marlboro Fly Fishing Show and Film Festival. Arguably the most exciting fly-fishing show in the country.
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