Well, all the leaves are dropping, but so are the tree seeds. So far, I've got at least 30 red oak acorns from a few sources. ED NOTE: I went and counted the acorns; 47 total, not all of them are Northern Red Oak, theres a few white oaks mixed in. I found a bunch of black walnuts at the park too, so I don't need any more of these.
Another good thing: I found a new source of ash seed. I have a nice pile of seeds waiting to be sorted, sitting on the table drying out. Good haul this year.
So far, I've gotten only a single sugar maple seed. Can't seem to find these easily. No beech yet either.

We went up north (This is a collective term for northern Michigan) around my birthday, and I found some great seeds up there. Lots of white pine, northern white cedar, and, most importantly, my very first Eastern Hemlock. I really like hemlocks. Also up north, I found all sorts of white ash seeds, but none were ripe yet. Guess I'll have to go back next fall. White ash is at the top of my wish list.

Still haven't found any black ash. Nor have I gotten elm seeds, but they're found in spring. I'll put up a picture of the three ash tree types with this post.

WHITE ASH-GREEN ASH-BLACK ASH ... in that order.