Fall colors and vultures

As I headed to work to today I saw a beautiful display of fall colors formed the arch of trees on a street near my home. It stopped me. And I wished I had the time to walk over, look up into the gorgeous dying leaves, and take it all it.

I have spent a great deal of time during my producing years here at WPT following the wave of fall color as it washes down the state. Worrying, fussing, will we be at the shooting location at peak color? Will the weather hold out? Can I get a crew? Augh, I need this for my story, what to do, what to do.

One of the best displays of fall wonderfulness that we ever scored was the fall swarming of turkey vultures at Devil's Lake State Park. Turkey vultures can soar for hours and hundreds of them mass at Devil's Lake each year before they migrate to their wintering grounds in Central America. We were shooting a story there in 2008. This is what we saw. Give it a look, I hope it makes you stop. Nothing beats fall in this beautiful state.