Maple seed ‘helicopters’ in WNY: sprinkle or downpour?

Photo by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko “That tree looks dead,” my neighbor said. She pointed to maple tree with what looked like a lot of brown, dead leaves. But the tree is actually thriving and producing lots of seeds–what many of us call helicopters. It looks like our neighborhood may be getting a bumper crop again this year. This happens in cycles. See more here. Are you getting just a few or many maple helicopters this year?…