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May 10th, 2018 Reader Photo Gallery

April 2018

Your April photos showed the forest in transition, from a snowshoe hare shedding its white coat to red maple buds opening in the sun. Fox kits played and an eastern comma butterfly emerged from its winter quarters under tree bark. Speaking of emergence – of a less happy kind – in New York, foresters assessed ash trees for a harvest with emerald ash borers in mind.

We’re now looking for May 2018 photos that relate to northeastern forests. These could be images of people, plants, wildlife, weather, forest management, wood processing, educational activities, recreation, art, landscapes, or events. To submit your photos, please use the form at the bottom of this page. Thank you!

Submission deadline for next gallery: May 31, 2018

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Holderness, NH. “A red fox and three kits on an early April morning.” Credit: Eric D’Aleo
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East Clarendon, VT. Porcupine quills in an apple tree. “If apple trees could talk: ow! Ow! OW! YEOW!” Credit: C.J. Frankiewicz
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Indiana, PA. Northern red salamander. Credit: Ed
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Tompkins, NY. “Foresters assessing healthy mature ash trees in the town of Tompkins for pre-EAB harvest potential.” EAB is the commonly abbreviated term for emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that poses a major threat to the region’s ash trees. Credit: Collin Miller
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Bethel, VT. “Meadow vole out for some fresh greens at the edge of our wetland.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Richmond, VT. The photographer found this stump deep in the woods. “I love a logger with a sense of humor.” Credit: Harris Roen
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South Williamsport, PA. “A southern flying squirrel captured by a homemade trail camera.” Credit: Charlies Schwarz
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Dalton, NH. “Red maple (Acer rubrum) buds waiting for sun.” Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Time to bring out the summer clothes! Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus).” Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Snydertown, PA. Deer antics. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Bethel, VT. Eastern comma butterflies overwinter under bark and typically emerge in April. “This is the first butterfly I have seen this year, it is also the nicest day we have had for a long time.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Readsboro, VT. Beaver cuttings. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Colchester, VT. “Gallfly through a microscope at Saint Mike’s. Rarely seen unless you bring galls indoors and hatch them out in a bag.” Credit: Declan McCabe
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South Williamsport, PA. “Years ago a dead American chestnut (which died in the 1920s) fell against a red oak sapling and pushed the sapling partially over. The sapling continued to grow and now, as a larger tree, still exhibits the curve created by the oak's response.” Credit: Charles Schwarz
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Bethel, VT. “I took this photo of a golden-crowned kinglet in a wetland on our property...on April 7th. We got about four inches of snow the day before, most of which quickly melted in the sunshine.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Hermon, ME. “Eddie (The) Fisher making a rare daytime appearance.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Lycoming County, PA. “A woodland stream flowing into a sinkhole and disappearing into limestone bedrock “ Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Trumansburg, NY. A puddle heart. This photo was taken at Taughannock Falls State Park. Credit: Abigail Sandroni
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Burlington, VT. Albino spotted salamander; “first salamander crossing!” Credit: Rae Bronenkant
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Bethel, VT. “I took this photo this morning (4/21/18) on our land…There were two hens in our field and I could hear another male gobbling in the pasture next door.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Western Catskills, NY. “Black bear cub training tree on American beech.” Credit: Collin Miller
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South Williamsport, PA. “The phoebes are back – on bridge beams, beneath porch roofs, or in their ancestral location on rock ledges along streams.” Credit: Charles Schwarz
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Cannonsville Reservoir, NY. “Acer rubrum subspecies candelabra” discovered along the reservoir. Credit: Collin Miller
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Hermon, ME. “Bottoms up!” Credit: Ed Baum
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Rumney, NH. “Winter’s grip loosens at last!” Credit: Eric D’Aleo
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Rumney, NH. “This red squirrel stripped the pine scales off of a pine cone in less than one minute while looking for seeds to eat.” Credit: Eric D’Aleo
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Dalton, NH. A mourning dove, “hunkered down waiting for spring.” Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Dalton, NH. Chaga mushroom on yellow birch. Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Bethel, VT. Song sparrow, taken in a wetland. “Great coloring and pattern for its habitat. Looks like a tick or something below its eye.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Pownal, VT. A quiet scene after a “crazy, rainy, snowy, windy storm” on April 16. Credit: Bonita Choly
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Waterford, VT. Gordon Gould sent this photo in response to an article on porcupines in the Spring Issue. “I find they like sugar maple when the sap is running.” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Snydertown, PA. On April 4th, it was “a tad windy” on a favorite mountain hike. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Thetford, VT. Brown creeper. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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East Wallingford, VT. “Maple sap-sicle.” Credit: Carolyn Haley
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Peterborough, NH. This opossum visited the photographer’s home late one evening, “and didn’t seem to mind me at all going out on the porch and taking photos of it.” Credit: Ann Day

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.

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