What’s Flying: A last salute to autumn’s end

“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.” – Henry David Thoreau Most everyone living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or the Northeastern U.S. knows November can be a brutally dark month. Some years have seen streaks of three weeks straight with no signs of the sun. It is almost as if Ole Man Winter knows the bright drifts of the first permanent snows will come as a welcome change to the cloudy browns of mild November days. On those days when the sun has broken through, they seem like days for dancing in the street, just simply glorious days. Native Yoopers, and others with long runs here know those sunny days are true gifts and are not to be taken lightly. They are to be taken seriously for their light! Just a couple days left for the fall waterbird counters working at Whitefish Point north of Paradise in Chippewa County. It has been another amazing season there this fall.

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