It will be a few more days before I manage to get myself to the Sierra to do the my first fall color photography of the season. I’ll be in the Cathedral Lakes area for a short time (not specifically to photograph aspens though) and then make a quick visit to the “east side” to reconnoiter – and then I’ll be back there a few more times in early October. With this in mind, you can imagine that I’m keeping my eyes open for early information about the color change – and I’m starting to see more posts and even some photographs.

• The Eastern Sierra Fall Color pool on Flickr now holds many fall color photographs. Up until now the large majority came from previous seasons, but I’m now starting to see some that appear to have been shot in the past couple of days. (Though I have to note that the dates shown on Flickr are not necessarily correct – it would be nice if photographers posting there this season would include a word or two about date and location…)
• Late last week Greg Boyer posted an on-the-spot Fall Color Update #6. He visited Bishop Creek and notes some prospects for the near future, some conditions that bear watching elsewhere (including brown trees in the large grove across from and above North Lake), and some current color. (You can follow his blog directly.)
• Cory Freeman has posted a very brief update at his Sierra Impressions blog. He also visited the Bishop Creek drainage late last week, and reading between the lines of his brief report his summary might include: some small trees starting to change color, some color above North Lake, things seem more or less on track. (Apologies to Cory if I got any of this wrong.)
• Though it is not actually a “fall color report,” an important post at Yosemite Blog reports that there will be some brief road closures this week at Wawona Tunnel that might affect some heading across the Sierra late in the week.
• Carol Leigh’s Calphoto site is a good source of updated information since quite a few eastern Sierra aspen hunters share updates with her site. (There isn’t a lot there just yet, but it is likely that more frequent reports may begin after this weekend.)
• Steve Bourelle’s Sierra Visions site includes some fall color updates and his post from September 15 is very much worth reading. Thanks, Steve, for the reminder about the…
• Parcher’s Resort Fall Color Report – which still seems to indicate that, yes indeed, fall colors are ahead of us. The Parcher’s site reports are actually quite detailed and include photographs that will help those already familiar with the areas judge the progress of the colors.
• Philip Colla has posted an extensive list of resources for those following the eastern Sierra fall color.

That’s all for now. Let me know if you have other sources that I might want to add to this list, and please share your own reports with me. (Yes, you can be part of the aspen hunters network!)