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May 14th, 2024 Reader Photo Gallery

April 2024

Your April photos showed a profusion of spring wildflowers, from showy bloodroots to often-overlooked wild ginger. In Adams, Massachusetts, Sharon Bombard had the lucky find of an infant moth perched in a late season snow, while in Campton, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Robertson built up karmic credit points by rescuing a stranded spotted salamander. In Barnard, Vermont, Jeannie Killam encountered an early morning coyote, and check out Tom Grett’s photo of thousands of snow geese, taken in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

We’re looking for May 2024 photos that relate to northeastern forests. Readers may submit up to three photos for consideration.

May Gallery Submission Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024. This gallery appears in our bi-weekly e-newsletter. Sign up here!

This gallery is made possible through generous support from the Larsen Fund.

April 2024 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Colchester, VT. “One of the various shades of hepatica in bloom at Niquette Bay State Park.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
April 2024 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “Male nursery web spider.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
April 2024 Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “Just about the tallest beaver lodge I’ve ever seen!” | Photo: Richard Philben
April 2024 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Morris, PA. “A spring wildflower that many people have never seen: wild ginger whose nondescript reddish-brown flower lies on the ground.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
April 2024 Photo: Adrienne Scivolette
Kerhonkson, NY. “Polygaloides gaywings.” | Photo: Adrienne Scivolette
April 2024 Photo: Anonymous
Thetford, VT. Maidenhair fern fiddlehead. | Photo: Anonymous
April 2024 Photo: Annie Maloney
Saegertown, PA. “This tree frog hung out for an afternoon Forest School session.” | Photo: Annie Maloney
April 2024 Photo: Amy Deconinck
Bridport, VT. “Witnessing totality during the solar eclipse at Dead Creek WMA.” | Photo: Amy Deconinck
April 2024 Photo: Stephanie Erlandson
Bennington, VT. “Bloodroot flowers about to open.” | Photo: Stephanie Erlandson
April 2024 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Liverwort sporophyte capsules.” | Photo: Susan Lichty
April 2024 Photo: Ross Lanius
Hamden, CT. “One of the earliest wildflowers I find yearly are Dutchman’s breeches as I found this year in the Sleeping Giant State Park.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
April 2024 Photo: Bonita Choly
Pownal, VT. “A scarlet cup doing what cups do.” | Photo: Bonita Choly
April 2024 Photo: Carolyn E. Wheeler
Wheel-View Farm, Shelburne, MA. “Epigaea repens, trailing arbutus, mayflower. Old family letters reference the mayflowers here dating back to 1901.” | Photo: Carolyn E. Wheeler
April 2024 Photo: Anonymous
Central VT. Red elderberry produces white blooms, but the opening buds are purple. | Photo: Anonymous
April 2024 Photo: Sharon Bombard
Adams, MA. “Found after the early April snowstorm, infant moth (Archiearis infans); member of the Geometrid family (think inchworms!) found in the birch meadow.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
April 2024 Photo: Stephanie Erlandson
Bennington, VT. “Yellow trout lily about to open.” | Photo: Stephanie Erlandson
April 2024 Photo: Debra Clough
Grafton, NH. “Yellow bellied sapsucker enjoying my sugar maples.” | Photo: Debra Clough
April 2024 Photo: Ken Hatch
Addison, Vermont. “Tree swallow at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area visitor center.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
April 2024 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) vegetation gives off eerie vibes.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
April 2024 Photo: Frederick G. Thurber
South Dartmouth, MA. “Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens).” | Photo: Frederick G. Thurber
April 2024 Photo: David Nallett
Keene, NH. “European starling and hairy woodpecker standoff at the suet feeder.” | Photo: David Nallett
April 2024 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Strafford, VT. A painted turtle basks in a beaver pond. | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
April 2024 Photo: Dawn Brooks
Richmond, MA. “Uvularia grandiflora.” Common names for this wildflower are large-flowered bellwort and merrybells. | Photo: Dawn Brooks
April 2024 Photo: Gib Geiger
Waitsfield, VT. Trout lily, with hitchhikers.” The beetle is a red-necked false blister beetle. | Photo: Gib Geiger
April 2024 Photo: Geoffrey Bluh
Conway, MA. “Black cohosh plants competing with the encroaching garlic mustard near a roadside. A rite of spring now is pulling up invasives.” | Photo: Geoffrey Bluh
April 2024 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Trout Run, PA. “Our most beautiful duck – a male wood duck.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
April 2024 Photo: David Nallett
Keene, NH. “Red bellied woodpecker at the suet feeder.” | Photo: David Nallett
April 2024 Photo: Ross Lanius
Hamden, CT. “April early wildflowers bloom in great profusion. This red trillium was with a group in the Sleeping Giant State Park.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
April 2024 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Essex Town, VT. “Fiddleheads (ostrich ferns) at Woodside Park along the Winooski River.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
April 2024 Photo: Amy Deconinck
Leicester, VT. “A Compton tortoiseshell, or false comma, pauses for this photo.” | Photo: Amy Deconinck
April 2024 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Ghost plant ‘rose.’” | Photo: Susan Lichty
April 2024 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “A purple finch – New Hampshire’s state bird.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
April 2024 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Maidenhair fern (Adiantum) fiddleheads in a rich mesic forest.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
April 2024 Photo: Jen Weimer
Hillsborough, NH. “Feisty male American robin infuriated by his reflection in my window.” | Photo: Jen Weimer
April 2024 Photo: Geoffrey Bluh
Conway, MA. “A trout lily seen next to a scarlet elf cup fungus.” | Photo: Geoffrey Bluh
April 2024 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Colchester, VT. “Bloodroot flowers on display at Niquette Bay State Park.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
April 2024 Photo: Leif Tillotson
Swanton, VT. Water scene. | Photo: Leif Tillotson
April 2024 Photo: Mollie Babize
Ashfield, MA. “Tiny blossoms of spicebush (Lindera benzoine). Named for the citrus-like spicy aroma from crushed leaves.” | Photo: Mollie Babize
April 2024 Photo: Michael A. Kuhni
Cherryfield, ME. “Hooded mergansers...Floating magic on Solstice Pond...Breathe & Smile.” | Photo: Michael A. Kuhni
April 2024 Photo: Tom Grett
Lancaster County, PA. “A blizzard of snow geese at Middle Creek WMA.” | Photo: Tom Grett
April 2024 Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
Cornwall, NY. “Trout lily at Black Rock Forest.” | Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
April 2024 Photo: Anonymous
Central Vermont. Wood rings. | Photo: Anonymous
April 2024 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “Fertile frond of sensitive fern which persisted through the winter to release the spores early this spring. According to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America ‘Fossils of this fern dating back more than 60 million years look remarkably similar to the plants of today.’” | Photo: Ken Hatch
April 2024 Photo: Tom Anderson
Dummerston, VT. “Painted turtles bask in the sun.” | Photo: Tom Anderson
April 2024 Photo: Sharon Bombard
Adams, MA. “The first wake-robin (red trillium) of many I found along the stream about to bloom, surrounded by the leaves of the trout-lilies to flower later.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
April 2024 Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “One of the neighborhood porcupines up a tree.” | Photo: Richard Philben
April 2024 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “Sunrise reflections on a beaver pond.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
April 2024 Photo: Judy Sweet
Buckland, MA. “Spring beauties in the leaf litter at the base of an old beech tree.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
April 2024 Photo: Peter Hollinger
Sharon, VT. “Black-capped chickadee.” | Photo: Peter Hollinger
April 2024 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Brightly colored and tiny red velvet mite (Trombidiidae) stands out as it walks across the leaf litter.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
April 2024 Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Sunset bonfire.” | Photo: Tom Grett
April 2024 Photo: Judy Sweet
Shelburne, MA. “Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) beginning to flower on the Wooded Loop Trail. Many thanks to the landowner Foxbard Farm in Partnership with Town of Shelburne Open Space Committee for providing and maintaining this beautiful network of trails.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
April 2024 Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
Cornwall, NY. “Hepatica sp. at Black Rock Forest.” | Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
April 2024 Photo: Amy Deconinck
Shoreham, VT. “Fresh snow on maple buds.” | Photo: Amy Deconinck
April 2024 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “Bloodroot blossom.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
April 2024 Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A partial rainbow over Wheel View Farm.” | Photo: Richard Philben
April 2024 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Warrensville, PA. “Northern white violet -- tiny and beautiful.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
April 2024 Photo: Tom Grett
Lancaster County, PA. “The menu never changes: meal-worms for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” | Photo: Tom Grett
April 2024 Photo: Sharon Bombard
Williamstown, MA. “Trailing arbutus (mayflower) resting on a cushion of moss.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
April 2024 Photo: Elizabeth Robertson
Campton, NH. “Spotted salamander stranded after rainstorm – successfully ferried to safety.” | Photo: Elizabeth Robertson
April 2024 Photo: Judy Sweet
Buckland, MA. “Blue cohosh buds and blossoms in a wooded area close to home.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
April 2024 Photo: Jeannie Killam
Barnard, VT. “Early morning coyote.” | Photo: Jeannie Killam
April 2024 Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
Cornwall, NY. “Wild ginger at Black Rock Forest.” | Photo: Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
April 2024 Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “Each April for years a pair of geese have mated and the goslings hatch at the end of the month. The parents carefully shepherd the goslings when they go out for a swim. Rarely do they survive the 4 or more weeks needed to develop flight feathers.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
April 2024 Photo: Stephanie Erlandson
Bennington, VT. “Yellow trout lily with wild leek.” | Photo: Stephanie Erlandson

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