Crow’s Nest: Fall color peak?
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager.
![Forest trees in fall with a boulder at the base of a tree](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5799-scaled.jpg)
Photo: Daniel Barringer
Certainly the red maples are at their peak this weekend, as are dogwood trees. Spicebush is turning a warm yellow.
![Distant woods with a hint of fall color.](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5781-scaled.jpg)
Photo: Daniel Barringer
We haven’t had a frost yet so when we do that may sharpen the fall colors, but it’s pretty great right now.
![An arched footbridge below a meadow with a weeping willow in the background](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5767-scaled.jpg)
Photo: Daniel Barringer
A weeping willow beyond the footbridge complements the backlit grasses of our meadows. Turfgrass is still bright green which makes a nice contrast with the fall color.
![Red maples in fall color along a roadside](https://natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5747-scaled.jpg)
Photo: Daniel Barringer
You can see a lot of color from our roadsides and I hope you take some time to enjoy it.