Both common and narrow-leaved cattails are shedding seeds on carriers. First flock of snow buntings returns to Grygla area. Painted turtle sunning on a log in a pond at Victoria. Wis. In Cloquet area, tamaracks have golden-yellow needles. Common witch-hazel shrubs blooming, loaded with small yellow flowers.
Honey bees visit New England aster and chrysanthemum flowers.
23 - Sulphur and cabbage butterflies active. YellowJackets come to our picnics. Bittersweet vines have lost their leaves but have very attractive clusters of bright orange fruit. Sugar maples in Northfield continue to show colorful foliage. Some eastern chipmunks still above ground and actively gathering food to store.