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May 7th, 2019 Reader Photo Gallery

April 2019

Your April photos included strutting tom turkeys, melting ice and Cruiser the puppy’s first day in the woods. Speaking of firsts: in Pennsylvania, a man braved Lycoming Creek on the first day of trout season, and the first spring flowers – hepatica, blood root and trillium among them – emerged from the forest floor.  Check out young photographer Elvis Lavallee’s fox kit photo and Teddy Hopkins’ image of a sixteen foot log teeter-totter. Can you find the bittern?

We’re now looking for May 2019 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: Friday, May 31, 2019

Ruffed Grouse Photo: Lonnie S Jandreau
Ashland, ME. A male ruffed grouse, showing off its neckwear as part of a mating display. | Photo: Lonnie S Jandreau
Seedlings Photo: John Knapp
Oxford, NY. “Seedlings overflow from base of white pine.” | Photo: John Knapp
Spotted Salamander Photo: Helen O'Melia
Chester, MA. This spotted salamander was discovered under a small log, near a stone wall. In the company of other amphibians, these salamanders were on the move in April, traveling to vernal pools to breed. | Photo: Helen O'Melia
Grouse Droppings Photo: Martin J. Grohman
Biddeford, ME. Speaking of grouse...“old skis and happy grouse droppings.” | Photo: Martin J. Grohman
Red Bird Photo: George Thomas
Skaneateles, NY. “What happened to Spring? April fool’s day snowfall.” | Photo: George Thomas
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First of Two Photos. Limerick, ME. “Snowfall on Lake Arrowhead, April 9 2019.”
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Limerick, ME. Trees reflected on the lake.
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Lyndeborough, NH. “Hobblebush blooming in the woods.”
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Dalton, NH. “Old man's beard lichen on apple branch.”
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South Williamstown, MA. Hepatica blooming in the shelter of an oak tree. These spring ephemerals are more commonly purple (see next photo).
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Saint George, VT. “The purple blooms of hepatica are one of the first bright colors in the forest after winter and a welcome sight.”
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Plymouth, NH. “Male common merganser in flight.”
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Thetford, VT. A macro lens shot of newly laid frog eggs, with rapidly dividing cells.
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Lyndeborough, NH. “Pine tussock moth eggs found behind my house.”
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Readsboro, VT. “Although I have seen these ‘balancing trees’ quite often in my area, this sixteen footer is the largest I have seen after high water recedes.”
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Halifax, VT. “The stump in the photo was a mature white pine. It was harvested to provide forest products … and to release the vigorous, young trees that were growing in its shelter.”
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Dalton, NH. “Old and new.”
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Stoddard, NH. Can you find the American bittern in this photo? The image was taken, “while paddling my kayak in a wetland near my home.”
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Dalton, NH. “Pussy willow (Salix) flowers in their own unique bloom.”
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Lycoming County, PA. “First day of trout season on Lycoming Creek.”
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Williston, VT. “Ramps and more ramps.”
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Woodstock, VT. A fox kit protects a tuft of white fur. Prior to this photo, it had been playing keep-away with its siblings.
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Estate Amelisweerd (near Utrecht), Netherlands. Frank Buddingh took this image of “the freshest oak galls I ever managed to find.” Oak apple galls are common in northeastern forests. There are several species of wasp that create these galls, which serve as shelter for growing larvae.
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South Williamstown, MA. “Wire fence being devoured by Hop Hornbeam.”
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South Williamsport, PA. “Brown creeper -- photograph taken by a homebrewed camera trap built around a Sony point-and-shoot camera.”
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Long Lake, NY. “Late season boil Adirondack log sugarhouse.”
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Stark, NH. ‘Cruiser’ on lunch break in Nash Stream Forest on April 18th 2019. It was his first day in the woods and he spent a few hours snoring in the pack basket while on my back. He is a black lab/wirehaired pointing griffon mix.”
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Thetford, VT. A nuthatch in silhouette, captured mid-hop.
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Snydertown, PA. “A deer wanted to get a closer look at the game camera.”
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North Conway, NH. “Snowmelt on Artist Falls.”
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Marcellus, NY. “Skunk Cabbage on a rainy morning.”
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South Williamsport, PA. A second view of this early spring plant. “Skunk cabbage leaves emerge in a wooded wetland.”
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South Williamsport, PA. “White-tail doe in a timber sale where the tops are being cut for firewood.”
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Tiadaghton State Forest, PA. “Pre-commercial timber stand improvement cutting in a mixed oak stand.”
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Ashland, ME. A mature bald eagle.
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Limerick, ME. “Sedge grass pushing through leaf litter.”
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Bridgewater, NH. “Swollen brook in my backyard.”
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Dalton, NH. “Pixie cup lichen appears as the snow melts away.”
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East Wallingford, VT. “Tis the season.”
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Dalton, NH. Another strutting tom.
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Plymouth, NH. And yet more turkey strutting. Toms were often visible in fields and roadsides, trying their best to get the females’ attention.
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South Williamsport, PA. “This mourning cloak butterfly was out basking on a warm day in early April.”
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Limerick, ME. “Trillium bud and raindrops.”
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LaGrangeville, NY. “Geese in flight.”
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Lebanon, CT. “Gypsy moths emerging from egg mass.”
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Oxford, NY. “April 30: In my backyard, the trillium are ready to burst.”
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Saint George, VT. “Cinnamon fern in its insulated fur coat waiting to unfurl in the spring sun.”
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Lyndeborough, NH. “Six-spotted tiger beetle.”
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Williamsport, PA. “Low grade black walnut logs in a concentration yard.”
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Dalton, NH. “I can see you but I'm not scared. I have quills!”
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Thetford, VT. A second porcupine close-up.
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Saint George, VT. “False Hellebore bursts from a dark forest swamp with a dazzling display of emerald green.”
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Plymouth, NH. “Bloodroot - an early spring bloomer.”
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Thetford, VT. A wood duck pair on a vernal pool.
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South Williamsport, PA. “A male red-winged blackbird defending his territory on the edge of a wetland.”

Submit Your Photographs

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