Outdoors

Nature Notes Notwithstanding the near record cold temperatures last week, spring continues to march on. Few among the locals could argue that this isn't one of the earliest springs in their lifetime. Notes From Madoo Foul weather ever fouling fair, I route indoors and leave garden matters to murderous winds, biblical rainfalls, and a late, but not unanticipated, seizure of cold. Spring For Big Squid? Stewart Lester of Springs was readying lobster pots in his backyard last week and heard a fish hawk screaming. It told the lifelong bayman that at least one osprey had returned for the season, and that it was feeding. This, in turn, told him alewives had most likely also arrived. Bunkers (menhaden) would follow soon. On Friday The 13th, A Werewolf Surfaces Cod are a cold-water fish and humans are more comfortable in the temperate zone. Therein lies a dilemma. Seeing The World As One Ten years ago Max Scott had an idea. Six days ago, Al Gore told how he had "sat bolt upright in bed" in the middle of the night with basically the same one.