Broad Strokes

Thought I should give a wider look to my project and this tree is the last to change color. Most of the rest of them have already given me their gifts for the year and are snuggling in for their winter naps. This fella will have his leaves change to brown and they will hang on until well into winter giving shelter to parties of finches who will look in on me for the next month or two. I will have long since sent the many bags and bundles of brilliant fall color off to become mulch before these fall.
I haven't the first clue as to the type of tree this is and it bears no fruit or flowers. Perhaps this is the year I take to trouble to bring in pictures and leaves to the gurus at the local nursery and seek their wisdom.