Honestly it looks like it’s preparing to turn color for fall.

Thanks for the responses. We are in northern Idaho. I kinda thought it might just be going into “fall” mode but wasn’t sure. It’s growing in to a beautiful shade tree so I’d hate for anything to be wrong with it.

Many maples here (USDA 8) on the Pacific Slope part of the same latitude are turning now, so certainly it is not early for you there in the Rocky Mountain ecosystem of northern Idaho.

The color change isn't really intersting but the leafless new shoots is.

To Ken's point the buds look good. Just keep an eye on it to see if you notice any other odd things.

Can you share the fall color with us once it peaks? Assuming this is Norwegian Sunset / ‘Keithsform’ hybrid maple.

I would also comment on the very healthy bud set.....that looks very nice!

And a very picky aside, but this is commonly called 'Norway' maple, not Norwegian :-) In the same way that Pinus sylvestris is commonly referred to as Scots pine, not Scottish pine.

The 'Keithsform' hybrid looks like this:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=keithsform+norway+maple&qpvt=keithsform+norway+maple&FORM=IGRE

Whereas I see no Acer truncatum influence on the leaves of the tree asked about on this thread.