Anyone else seeing signs of an early winter?

[IndyJay]

Noticed that the deer around here have turned almost black just in last few days. Never seen that before.

 

[BravoXray]

I noticed a maple tree that was turning on the way home from breakfast this morning. Still a little early for that here.

 

[Oaktree]

I have actually seen three Monarch caterpillars in the last couple of weeks on the milkweeds we have planted around the house and shop. First I've seen them in a few years.

Don't think I've ever seen the caterpillars, but we're still seeing a few monarch butterflies around. Not sure what they're eating, the milkweed has gone by. There's a ~100 x 100' foot patch in my field that I leave unmowed until the pods split to attract them. Not that there's any big shortage of milkweed around here...

As far as leaves turning...there are a few but we're a good 7-10 days away from anything that resembles peak foliage. This month has been rainy, so maybe that's affected it somewhat, no frost yet either (though we've come close).

 

[deserteagle71]

Fall colors just starting around here at 8,000 feet elevation:

 

[Herness]

I definitely see some and honestly looking forward to it.
This winter i am not going to work anymore and will spend long mornings in my bed playing wordle, searching for new words in word finder https://word-finder.cоm/words-that-start-with/voy/ and enjoying my ginger tea. I deserved it with my hard work.

 

[cqaigy2]

Still seems pretty summery, if that's a word.

 

[IndyJay]

Still seems pretty summery, if that's a word.

Considering that your post was short and succinct, I would say that a pretty appropriate word would be "summary"

 

[oldballs]

Things just starting to turn here with a frost last night..........It has been so dry a lot of the trees have been dropping brown leaves for two weeks.... without any color change. Actually, temps have been above average for over a month now.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[ArlyA]

We seen a tab of snow yesterday.

 

[Thomas]

Two large flocks of geese heading south.