2026 Colorado Fall Colors

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The six photos presented below were taken between 10/05 and 10/10/2026 in the Gunnison/Crested Butte/Norwood areas of Colorado. They were selected to contrast the massive, sprawling aspen groves with the smaller pockets of aspen trees visible in these areas.

The first photo was taken along the Ohio Pass Road (Gunnison County Road 730), just south of its intersection with Kebler Pass Road (County Road 12) near Crested Butte. The second one shows the Castles, the volcanic rock formation located in the West Elk Wilderness of the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado. All the other photos were taken along Gothic Road near Crested Butte.

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.