Skip to Navigation Skip to Content
Decorative woodsy background
April 30th, 2015 Reader Photo Gallery

April 2015

This month's photos showed, at long last, the woods waking up. Amphibians mated in vernal pools, bees ventured from their hives and bright green ramps popped up among the brown, snow-flattened leaves. Meanwhile, a chickadee gathered nesting material, a boy explored a flooded stream, and a daughter enlisted her forester-dad to release and prune some apple trees. Spring has sprung.

We’re now on the hunt for May 2015 photos. We encourage you to share images about anything that relates to the Northeast’s forests, and that you take this month. Here are examples – but by no means an exclusive list – of photo topics that fit this category: nature, weather, education activities (any age), forest management/logging, recreation, wood manufacture, art, workshops, events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

spotted_4_salamander_web.jpg
Indiana, PA. As the month began, this spotted salamander was on the move, headed for a vernal pool. Typically, the males arrive first, and mass together in the pool while they wait for their lady loves. Credit: Ed
tapper_web.jpg
Sunset, ME: “As April began and sap flowed, the red squirrels on Deer Isle in Maine began their tapping – licketty-licketty.” Credit: Marnie Reed Crowell
karen_dean_sugarhouse_web.jpg
Hartford, VT: On April 3, “a full moon hung over Scattered Maples Sugar house at Jericho Hills Farm.” Credit: Karen Dean
gothics_north_face_early_spring_web.jpg
Upper Jay, NY. Meanwhile, on the Adirondacks’ Gothic Mountain, there was still thick snowpack at 4,000 feet in elevation. This photo was taken during a climb of Gothic's North face. More photos at www.mackenziefamily.com/46/46r.html. Credit: Kevin MacKenzie
amy_sargent_web.jpg
Chagrin Falls, OH: A beaver meadow, just thawing out. Frog song and red winged blackbirds coming soon? Credit: Amy Sargent
apr15_turkey_deer_chicory_web.jpg
Fairlee, VT: Deer and turkeys dine together on a chicory food plot. Credit: David Matthews
antoni_1730_web.jpg
Plattsburgh, NY: A Bohemian waxwing, also enjoying an early spring snack. Credit: Antoni Zaborek
dirk_6_web.jpg
Thetford, VT: One of last fall’s losers. The remains of a fungi-infested moth, just thawing out. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
tig_april_2_web.jpg
Central VT: Spring ramps. Credit: Anonymous
VTCoverts2_web.jpg
Craftsbury, VT: The nonprofit Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife (www.vtcoverts.org), held an alumni gathering, including a guided walk through a managed forest. Credit: Vermont Coverts
VTcoverts_web.jpg
Craftsbury, VT: Another image from this same gathering. State wildlife biologist (and Northern Woodlands board member) Kim Royar gives a presentation on furbearers. Credit: Vermont Coverts
judy_0652_web.jpg
Day, NY: Otter tracks, “a good half mile between two streams.” Credit: Judy Glanforte
gib_dsc03719_web.jpg
Waitsfield, VT: “After six months of being stuck in their hive, my bees came out and they are collecting pollen substitute that I put out for them. Once the pussywillows, red maples, and poplar bloom, they won't need me anymore. I'm thrilled that all of my hives survived healthy.” Credit: Gib Geiger
tig_snake_web.jpg
Strafford, VT: First garter snake of the spring. Credit: Anonymous
sunny_stream_sm_web.jpg
Buckland, MA: “Finally, free of ice and snow!” Credit: Helene Grogan
tig_april_1_web.jpg
Central VT: Scarlet cup fungus. Credit: Anonymous
chickadee_on_deer_tail_org_web.jpg
Augusta, ME: An enterprising chickadee harvests hair from a deer tail for its nesting material. Credit: David Gomeau
ed_vivier_squirrels_web.jpg
Middlefield, MA: “Red, black, gray squirrels peacefully eating together.” Credit: Ed Vivier
img_6706_jellyfalls_web.jpg
Southern VT: Jelly Falls, off of Route 30. Credit: Mary Stowe
muskrat_closer_sm_web.jpg
Buckland, MA: “Muskrat in the shallows of a woodland pond.” Credit: Helene Grogan
chaga_0071_web.jpg
Ashland, ME: “Fresh chaga from Scopan Lake Area.” Credit: Lonnie Jandreau
carbo_1236_web.jpg
Newport, VT: A deer at the end of a hard winter. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
mary_jane_grace1_web.jpg
Addison, VT: A painted turtle catches some rays at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area. Credit: Mary Jane Grace
dirk_5_web.jpg
Thetford, VT: The Tillinghast family has been raising wood frog tadpoles this spring. First of several images. Frogs in amplexus. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
dirk_4_web.jpg
Continued: Sometimes, love hurts. Look in the beak of this broadwing hawk and you’ll see the end of one frog’s romantic aspirations.
dirk_3_web.jpg
Continued: Just laid wood frog eggs.
dirk_2_web.jpg
Continued: Same eggs, two days later. Tadpoles still in the jelly, but starting to take shape.
tig_pollywog_web.jpg
Continued: Hatched! A young wood frog tadpole.
yvonne_dscn4303_(2)_web.jpg
West Hartford, VT: “This young man spent the day pounding on our shed roof and on a metal ladder making quite a racket!” Credit: Yvonne Stone
garry_plunkett1_web.jpg
Tiverton, RI: Forester Garry Plunkett took this picture while monitoring a preserved nature area. The photo shows “an ingenious stone wall complex that was erected across a brook to permit livestock watering from one side without letting the animals escape to the land opposite the brook…The walls loop across the stream, and were built with openings that permit the stream to run through.” Credit: Garry Plunkett
immature_coopers_hawk_sm_web.jpg
Buckland, MA. Another broadwing hawk. Broadwings are known for springtime hunting along wood roads, pond edges and field edges. Credit: Helene Grogan
jason_berard_web.jpg
Hanover, NH: A view across moss and rocks at Mink Brook Nature Preserve. A conservation easement held by the Upper Valley Land Trust protects this property. Credit: Jason Berard
FullSizeRender_web.jpg
Franconia, NH: “A Compton tortoiseshell butterfly awake from hibernation - and a welcome sign of spring!” Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
capture_before_after+web.jpg
Bakersfield, VT: “My father, Paul Harwood, came to our homestead to teach us about releasing and pruning apple trees. These almost-feral trees hadn't seen much attention in the past decade or so, and it seemed like we could almost hear them breathe a sigh of relief as we cleaned them up.” Credit: Hannah Doyle
marten_web.jpg
Augusta, ME: “Marten surprise.” Credit: David Gomeau
waterfall3_web.jpg
Hanover, NH: “Slade Brook Waterfall, a 50-foot cascade that can be quite spectacular during spring meltdown. Only a 10 minute hike from Old Lyme Road.” Credit: Hugh Mellert
hummer_web.jpg
Augusta, ME: A female ruby-throated hummingbird. When you see hummers in early spring, they’re often trailing behind yellow bellied sapsuckers. They follow along and harvest sap from the larger bird’s excavations. Credit: David Gomeau
img_6752_web.jpg
Southern VT: Another curious stone wall photo. Is that a smiling whale? Credit: Mary Stowe
HoodedMergansers_web.jpg
Irasburg, VT: A mated hooded merganser pair. “The area is going through its typical spring flooding in April, and the ducks, geese, osprey, and bald eagles are thrilled with the conditions. I've even seen a few great blue herons already.” Credit Tanya Sousa
dave_snapper_turtle_web.jpg
Southern VT: “Look closely at the submerged snapping turtle and you'll see a brave sunfish casually swimming beside her.” Credit: Anonymous
dirk_1_web.jpg
Central VT: At the end of April, this wood duck pair had staked out this pool. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
tig_duck_web.jpg
Central VT: The male wood duck noshes on an acorn. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
vt_wood_studios_web.jpg
VT: Sure the food’s good, but the ambience needs improvement. Credit: Vermont Wood Studios
finally_antoni_web.jpg
Adirondacks, NY: Blooming crocuses. A welcome sign of spring. Credit: Antoni Zaborek
green_grass_fox_web.jpg
Hartford, VT: Red fox, green field. Credit: Yvonne Stone

Submit Your Photos to the Reader Gallery

We’re always thrilled to see what’s happening in the Northeast through your eyes. Each season, we feature approximately 50 reader-submitted images in our online gallery. To be considered, please send us photos taken within the past month.

You may submit up to three photos per person. While we can’t publish every submission, we carefully consider each one.

When reviewing submissions, we look for:

  • A variety of topics and subjects
  • High-quality, well-composed images
  • Good resolution (prefer images at least 1000 pixels on the longer edge)
  • Geographic diversity across the region

Before submitting, please read and agree to the terms and conditions below. These give Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your image isn’t selected for the gallery but we’d like to feature it elsewhere, we’ll reach out to you.

Having trouble submitting? You can also email your photo(s) and caption(s) to: Nancy (at) northernwoodlands.org. Please use the subject line: Reader Photo Submission. And don’t forget to confirm in your email that you’ve read and agreed to our terms and conditions.

By checking the box above, you are agreeing to our Reader Photo Gallery Terms and Conditions.

© by the author; this article may not be copied or reproduced without the author's consent.

Visit the Reader Photo Gallery archive.