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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

April 2018
Holderness, NH. “A red fox and three kits on an early April morning.” Credit: Eric D’Aleo
April 2018
East Clarendon, VT. Porcupine quills in an apple tree. “If apple trees could talk: ow! Ow! OW! YEOW!” Credit: C.J. Frankiewicz
April 2018
Indiana, PA. Northern red salamander. Credit: Ed
April 2018
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
April 2018
Bethel, VT. “Meadow vole out for some fresh greens at the edge of our wetland.” Credit: Ken Hatch
April 2018
Richmond, VT. The photographer found this stump deep in the woods. “I love a logger with a sense of humor.” Credit: Harris Roen
April 2018
South Williamsport, PA. “A southern flying squirrel captured by a homemade trail camera.” Credit: Charlies Schwarz
April 2018
Dalton, NH. “Red maple (Acer rubrum) buds waiting for sun.” Credit: Sandy Dannis
April 2018
Dalton, NH. “Time to bring out the summer clothes! Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus).” Credit: Sandy Dannis
April 2018
Snydertown, PA. Deer antics. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
April 2018
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
April 2018
Readsboro, VT. Beaver cuttings. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
April 2018
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
April 2018
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
April 2018
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
April 2018
Hermon, ME. “Eddie (The) Fisher making a rare daytime appearance.” Credit: Ed Baum
April 2018
Lycoming County, PA. “A woodland stream flowing into a sinkhole and disappearing into limestone bedrock “ Credit: Charlie Schwarz
April 2018
Trumansburg, NY. A puddle heart. This photo was taken at Taughannock Falls State Park. Credit: Abigail Sandroni
April 2018
Burlington, VT. Albino spotted salamander; “first salamander crossing!” Credit: Rae Bronenkant
April 2018
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
April 2018
Western Catskills, NY. “Black bear cub training tree on American beech.” Credit: Collin Miller
April 2018
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
April 2018
Cannonsville Reservoir, NY. “Acer rubrum subspecies candelabra” discovered along the reservoir. Credit: Collin Miller
April 2018
Hermon, ME. “Bottoms up!” Credit: Ed Baum
April 2018
Rumney, NH. “Winter’s grip loosens at last!” Credit: Eric D’Aleo
April 2018
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
April 2018
Dalton, NH. A mourning dove, “hunkered down waiting for spring.” Credit: Sandy Dannis
April 2018
Dalton, NH. Chaga mushroom on yellow birch. Credit: Sandy Dannis
April 2018
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
April 2018
Pownal, VT. A quiet scene after a “crazy, rainy, snowy, windy storm” on April 16. Credit: Bonita Choly
April 2018
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
April 2018
Snydertown, PA. On April 4th, it was “a tad windy” on a favorite mountain hike. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
April 2018
Thetford, VT. Brown creeper. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
April 2018
East Wallingford, VT. “Maple sap-sicle.” Credit: Carolyn Haley
April 2018
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 Photographs

We are looking for images taken in the past month. We will select approx. 60 images to feature in each gallery. Considerations include: variety of topics, quality of image, resolution (size), and geographic diversity. Special consideration is also given to first-time photographer submissions.

Three photo submissions per person, please. We regret that we cannot publish all submissions!

Please read and agree to the terms and conditions below, which provide Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your photo isn’t selected for our gallery but we wish to use it for another purpose, we will contact you.

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