Where oh where are the fall colors?

[dotty_waxman]

There seems to be almost NO fall brilliance this year in the NY/NJ region. High winds are taking all the leaves down

everywhere. Anyone know if the Catskills or Poconos or northern NJ have any color?

 

Thanks.

[ShunCheung]

<p>I no longer live in that area, but in the past Harriman State Park was excellent pretty much every year. Is that affected this year also?</p>

[tim_knight]

<p>We had the same problem in South Dakota plus no rain for an extended time caused the leaves to drop early this year. How did other parts of the country do for fall color.</p>

[david_henderson]

<p>When I left New Hampshire, around Lincoln, last Wednesday, the colour was impressive. It was patchy though- on 7th October we drove right across Maine from Ellsworth to Gorham NH and I didn't see a single mature tree that had changed. Then over the weekend of 8th/9th, things improved quite a bit . There was quite a bit of early leaf drop though.<br>

I also heard good reports from Colorado and the Canadian Rockies this year.</p><div></div>

[dotty_waxman]

Shun,

 

I do a lot of photography at Harriman & have for many years. Yesterday was the first time I returned in several months only to find that access to Tiorati and Kenawaukee regions were completely blocked off. The hurricane (Irene) literally lifted a bridge right into the lake...same thing on another road. There are many detours & some of the choice locations are inaccessible. There was almost NO color..just green trees, bare trees & lots of leaves on the ground. After the recordbreaking rains we have had followed by extreme heat even into the fall we had a major wind storm last week. That just killed it. Who knows what all the green trees will do now...surrounded by bare ones. Still love the place, though.

[schonphotography]

Nothing yet here in PA. The oaks are turning brown and falling, but we havn't had a frost yet so it's a mix of brown and green

everywhere. High winds and lots of rain isn't helping either.

[dotty_waxman]

Alex,

 

Some friends went to the Poconos yesterday & drove from Bushkill to Port Jervis & also found NO COLOR. Supposed to have another haevy rain storm here on Wednesday. What a bummer!

[William Kahn]

<p>Not much here in east Tennesse yet. Colors should peak in the next week or so...</p>

[daverhaas]

<p>Peak here in Central MN was two weeks ago -high winds over the last couple of weekends pretty much took what there was away. </p>

<p>Dave</p>

 

[JDMvW]

<p>Things are very nice in the towns here at 38ºN in the center of the USA, but the countryside display is still to come.<br /> There does seem to have been a lot of leaf drop in the Shawnee Forest prior to the color change, however.</p>

[noreen]

<p>I have not been impressed by what I am seeing here in Maine (Kennebec County area). The maples here at the house are turning a sort of ugly brown and yellow and just dropping.</p>

<p>Our trees this year--both the maples and the copper beech--were not as fully leaved as they have been other years, either. The quantity of nuts, OTOH.... oh, my.</p>

[dave_wilson1]

<p>There's a few spots I go near my house in central/north NJ, nothing quite yet, but some signs of change here and there.</p>

[dotty_waxman]

<p>Dave,</p>

<p>Any specific locations? I'm in northern NJ.</p>

[AlanKlein]

<p>Good web page for foliage reports. Click on the area at the bottom and they track the best places as the season progresses. You can also look back through past years.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.foliagenetwork.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=6&Itemid=53">http://www.foliagenetwork.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=6&Itemid=53</a></p>

[fld]

<p>Saw lots of Fall colors last week, driving down Idaho Rte 21 on the west side of the Sawtooth range.Snow on peaks in some places, and lots of changing leaves.</p>

[railphotog]

<p>Not much color here in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada this year. Leaves have been falling off our not very colorful maples since July. Visited my hometown in eastern New Brunswick last Friday, and their maples were marvelous! Of course it was lightly raining during my short visit, but was able to grab a few shots in a park. Here's one:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Photo%20forums/Moncton14Oct2011.jpg" alt="" /><br>

I was using my Canon Powershot SX30 IS, which has as one of its "Scene" modes a Foliage option which exagerates color. Not real, but I like the effect better:<br>

<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/railfan/Photo%20forums/Moncton14Oct2011Plus.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Had a message from a friend who lives there and was shooting with me, high winds over the weekend have probably removed most of the leaves. Glad I at least some photos!</p>

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[anton_de_flon]

<p>This is the worst color year I have seen in Upstate New York in the last 20 years. The Catskills still had a little color left in lower elevation spots as of this last weekend, but you have to find protected areas such as in protected valleys near streams, and the colors peaked around the middle of last week in places near Woodstock. The amount of leaf drop is more what one would expect for October 31st. By next weekend I don't think there will be much left anywhere in the Catskills. A storm on Wednesday is supposed to bring another 3 inches of rain. The best bet will be places at lower elevations in the Hudson Valley such as around Kingtson/Rhinebeck. The Hudson Highlands may still hold on to some leaves.</p>

[tom_mann1]

<p>The area around Ithaca, NY isn't spectacular, but isn't too bad, either. The attached image was taken just a few hours ago in the late afternoon heading out of Ithaca to the NE on Rt. 13, just a mile or so out of town.</p>

<p>This image is an in-camera JPG, completely untouched xcept for downsizing for in-line display on photo.net.'</p>

<p>HTH,</p>

<p>Tom</p>

[tom_mann1]

<p>... whoops... here is the photo.</p><div></div>

[tom_burke3]

<p>It's very odd in old England this year. We had a warm, bone-dry spring followed by a cool and grey summer with reasonable rain, and autumn seemed to be starting early: quite a lot of trees were shedding leaves in early/mid September. Then we had two weeks of unseasonably hot and dry weather from late September into the first week of October, and that seems to have put the brakes on. Those leaves that hadn't fallen by mid-September are still quite green.</p>

[vrankin]

<p>We baked dry for most of the summer in central Iowa with temps often over 100. Stressed trees began dropping dry, green leaves in August. In September there were some early yellows and leaves dropped quickly after the change. In early October a few oranges appeared. Heavy winds took off most changed leaves in a weekend. Large, deeper rooted trees are still hanging on to dry, green leaves. It's been a bit strange.</p><div></div>

[randy_cooprider1]

<p>Middle Indiana has some color but less than usual. Clouds are OK.</p><div></div>

[jim_j2]

<p>Not much color here in Northeastern Kansas for the past two years.<br>

Dry late Summer months the culprit I expect.<br>

Leaves are departing the Tree's quickly and we've already had a couple of heavy frosts in the low lying areas.<br>

Expected to get the "killing frost" Thursday morning with the temps dipping below the freezing mark just before dawn.</p>

[stevenseelig]

<p>Northern Indiana near Middlebury. We have had some of the nicest fall colors in years.</p><div></div>

[joewhite]

<p>Here in N. California (inland), where the low elevation trees usually don't produce very brilliant colors anyway, we had a cooler than normal summer, and now a warm autumn. The maple tree in my back yard is simultaneously dropping dead leaves and having a growth spurt. Hibiscus that was dormant all spring and summer have come into bloom. The local wild turkeys have just produced a new, although small, brood and the males are busily displaying. It's nature gone wild...or at least, mild.</p>