The last of the sunny-yellow leaves of the bittersweet vines are falling. Snowshoe hares in northern Minn. are changing from brown to their white winter coats. The silver and green leaves of the Russian olive are dropping. European larch trees showing mostly smoky-gold needles. 7 - First ice on backwaters of Lake Minnetonka.
Niger seed attracts pine siskins at a feeding station in Victoria.
Opossum comes to Bloomington feeding station at night. Twenty bald eagles seen at Reads Landing. We can still pick and eat ripe Regent apples off backyard trees. Flying squirrels visit feeding stations in the evening. 9 - Small flocks of eastern bluebirds linger.