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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.

August 2015 Photo: MK Beach
Etna, NH: A juvenile rose-breasted grosbeak. “There were three young ones this year.” Credit: MK Beach | Photo: MK Beach
August 2015 Photo: Anonymous
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 | Photo: Anonymous
August 2015 Photo: Devon Galvan
Cumberland, ME: A toppled mushroom on the forest floor. Credit: Devon Galvan | Photo: Devon Galvan
August 2015 Photo: David Matthews
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 | Photo: David Matthews
August 2015 Photo: Sophie Zyla
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 | Photo: Sophie Zyla
August 2015 Photo: Yvonne Stone
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 | Photo: Yvonne Stone
August 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Ashfield, MA: “Electric blue damselfly.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
August 2015 Photo: Dave Mance III
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 | Photo: Dave Mance III
August 2015 Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
Franconia, NH: A snail glows in morning light. Notice the dew drops on the grass. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul | Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
August 2015 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Milan, NH: A dark-eyed junco “empty-nester” and its empty nestee, photographed at Milan Hill State Park. Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
August 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Central VT: A skilled rock climber makes his ascent. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
August 2015 Photo: Michael Wilson
Otego, NY: A coyote in mid-pounce, probably in pursuit of a rodent or mole. Credit: Michael Wilson | Photo: Michael Wilson
August 2015 Photo: Kim Wind
Corinth, VT: A juvenile bluebird. Credit: Kim Wind | Photo: Kim Wind
August 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: “Goldfinches have been all over the sunflowers lately – and their colors match so well!” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
August 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Strafford, VT: White turtlehead blooms in wetlands in mid- to late summer. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
August 2015 Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
Lake George, NY: A cozy perch. Phoebe fledglings share a branch. Credit: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut | Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
August 2015 Photo: Shawn Wilson
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 | Photo: Shawn Wilson
August 2015 Photo: Kim Wind
Corinth, VT: “Small stream in East Corinth that feeds the Waits River after a huge rainstorm.” Credit: Kim Wind | Photo: Kim Wind
August 2015 Photo: Devon Galvan
Cumberland, ME: Moss creates a miniature forest. Credit: Devon Galvan | Photo: Devon Galvan
August 2015 Photo: Yvonne Stone
Hartford, VT: Early morning deer on the edge of the White River. Credit: Yvonne Stone | Photo: Yvonne Stone
August 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: A pair of beavers swim after a heavy rainstorm. Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
August 2015 Photo: Anonymous
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 | Photo: Anonymous
August 2015 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Milan, NH: “Peacefulness of an open woodland and beauty of an immature cedar waxwing.” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
August 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Strafford, VT: Beauty in decay. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
August 2015 Photo: Yvonne Stone
Hanover, NH: An exceptionally beautiful sunset. Sunsets tend to be more vivid when there’s dry, clear air to the west. Credit: Yvonne Stone | Photo: Yvonne Stone

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!

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