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September 4th, 2015 Reader Photo Gallery

August 2015

A common theme of your August photos was young birds, from a fierce looking rose-breasted grosbeak to four phoebe siblings sitting snug on a perch. Also in this gallery, a funky looking deer, an airborne coyote, and two sawyer’s assistants who were perhaps just a little too excited about their pine board stack.

We’re now on the hunt for September 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.

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Etna, NH: A juvenile rose-breasted grosbeak. “There were three young ones this year.” Credit: MK Beach
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Thetford, VT: Audubon Conservation Biologist Steve Hagenbuch takes notes on habitat features at a sugarbush enrolled in the Bird-Friendly Maple Project. See: http://vt.audubon.org/bird-friendly-maple-project. Credit: Anonymous
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Cumberland, ME: A toppled mushroom on the forest floor. Credit: Devon Galvan
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Fairlee, VT: One of three bucks on the photographer’s woodlot that have abnormal antlers. See the July photo gallery for a related image. Credit: David Matthews
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Milan, NH: This beautiful bird is a Nashville warbler. Don’t let the name fool you: it spends its summers in the northern United States and Canada, then heads down to Central America for the winter. Credit: Sophie Zyla
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West Hartford, VT: A bald eagle. Notice the brown mottling on its head, indicating that it’s a young bird. Eagles require about 4-5 years to mature. Credit: Yvonne Stone
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Ashfield, MA: “Electric blue damselfly.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Southwestern VT: Two sawyer's helpers celebrate stacked pine boards. “We're a preternaturally cheerful bunch down here in southwestern Vermont.” Photo by Dave Mance III
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Franconia, NH: A snail glows in morning light. Notice the dew drops on the grass. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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Milan, NH: A dark-eyed junco “empty-nester” and its empty nestee, photographed at Milan Hill State Park. Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Central VT: A skilled rock climber makes his ascent. Credit: Anonymous
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Otego, NY: A coyote in mid-pounce, probably in pursuit of a rodent or mole. Credit: Michael Wilson
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Corinth, VT: A juvenile bluebird. Credit: Kim Wind
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Buckland, MA: “Goldfinches have been all over the sunflowers lately – and their colors match so well!” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Strafford, VT: White turtlehead blooms in wetlands in mid- to late summer. Credit: Anonymous
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Lake George, NY: A cozy perch. Phoebe fledglings share a branch. Credit: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
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Ferdinand, VT: The photographer discovered this spruce grouse on a trail in the Wenlock Wildlife Management Area, an approximately 2000 acre state-owned property. This is one of the few places in Vermont where spruce grouse are known to breed. Credit: Shawn Wilson
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Corinth, VT: “Small stream in East Corinth that feeds the Waits River after a huge rainstorm.” Credit: Kim Wind
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Cumberland, ME: Moss creates a miniature forest. Credit: Devon Galvan
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Hartford, VT: Early morning deer on the edge of the White River. Credit: Yvonne Stone
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Buckland, MA: A pair of beavers swim after a heavy rainstorm. Credit: Helene Grogan
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Southern Vermont: A counter backsplash made from northern hardwood species. Species pictured include red oak, elm, ash, black walnut, popal, red maple, black birch, black cherry, butternut, shadbush, box elder. Credit: Anonymous
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Milan, NH: “Peacefulness of an open woodland and beauty of an immature cedar waxwing.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Strafford, VT: Beauty in decay. Credit: Anonymous
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Hanover, NH: An exceptionally beautiful sunset. Sunsets tend to be more vivid when there’s dry, clear air to the west. 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.

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