{"id":1369,"date":"2015-10-17T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T00:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2015-10-18T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T16:19:41","slug":"fall-color-peaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/fall-color-peaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Color Peaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pats-best-on-walts-best.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pats-best-on-walts-best-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"Backwater and bluff, fall cover idea Pat's best on Walts best\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pats-best-on-walts-best-258x300.jpg 258w, http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pats-best-on-walts-best-882x1024.jpg 882w, http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pats-best-on-walts-best.jpg 1598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>Perfectly gorgeous Fall weather&#8230;with day-time highs in the lows 60s&#8230; should continue for another week and a half into October. Get out and enjoy! Color will make a steady march south for the next several\u00a0weeks. Hardwoods (hickories, maples, and finally, oaks) have\u00a0begun to illuminate the bluffs! Red, and sugar maples (yellow), love the southeast facing slopes near Lansing and Mc Gregor, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u00a0march of color in the next post. Call hotlines ahead or check online for best color in the 10 Mississippi River states!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1380 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2859-e1445126716455.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2859\" width=\"237\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few bright yellow aspens and birch still have their leaves, and hickories are sporting some orangish brown. The last leaves to drop are the oaks, so once the bluffs turn a rich uniform brown, we know the color season has nearly ended. Softwoods in the river bottoms are steadily losing leaves that never become really brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Hummers are gone, and Sandhill cranes departed our valley. Pelicans have gathered up along the river and look like heavy clumps of pure white snow. Egrets and\u00a0Great Blue Herons are still on the backwaters. Duck hunting is in full swing and adult American Bald Eagles are abundant! Color is great, but lots more to see along your route!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfectly gorgeous Fall weather&#8230;with day-time highs in the lows 60s&#8230; should continue for another week and a half into October. Get out and enjoy! Color will make a steady march south for the next several\u00a0weeks. Hardwoods (hickories, maples, and finally, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/fall-color-peaks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,13,1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding","category-general","category-lower-mississippi","category-uncategorized","category-upper-mississippi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}