Phenology

Cool, blustery autumn day on the North Shore.  Cloud bursts of rain rolled across the northwoods all weekend.  The leaves of moose maple have begun to turn red.  Birch, poplar and various ferns have begun to turn yellow.  The Mountain Ash berries are fully ripe.  These red berries provide an important food source for small mammals and birds in the lean months of the long winter.  With lows in the high 40's at night and the days getting shorter it definitely is beginning to feel like fall is coming.  We've begun to burn the stove most evenings...