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September 14th, 2016 Reader Photo Gallery

August 2016

In your August photos, a caterpillar transformed, chickadees and chipmunks dined à la main, and hints of autumn yellow appeared along the Maine coast.

We’re now on the hunt for September 2016 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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Northern Vermont: “Breakfast with chickadees, a morning ritual.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
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Simsbury, CT: This cardinal flower bloomed beside Kettle Pond at the McLean Game Refuge. Credit: Nan Peckham
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West Hartford, VT: While the photographer was focused on a heron, this great egret arrived, “pursued by diving crows.” Credit: Yvonne L Stone
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Woodstock, VT: A giant swallowtail butterfly. Credit: Jen Danly
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Bartlett, NH: The Sawyer River, framed by boulders. Credit: Kevin MacMillan
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Fairlee, VT: A loon and young chick on patrol. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Buckland, MA: “Red eft on old leaves.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Lee, MA: A toad hiding out in a stump along the Appalachian Trail. Credit: Tammis Coffin
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Buckland, MA: “Kingfisher on a fallen tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Andover, NH: “Sixteen bees and counting?” Credit: Diane Beaudoin
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Tioga County, PA: “Bambi!” Credit: Sandi Fasnacht
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West Leyden, NY: “Pink Sky at Night, Tug Hill Delight. I took this photo Sunday evening while I was out enjoying some much cooler air coming in from the Northwest.” Credit: Tracy Rice
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Franconia Notch, NH: “Look what I found on the goutweed today!” A swallowtail caterpillar. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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Continued: A swallowtail caterpillar in the process of forming a chrysalis (notice the white thread mooring it to the stick) and a completed chrysalis behind it. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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White Mountains of NH: “Trio of mushrooms along Algonquin Trail.” Credit: Mena Schmid
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Clinton, ME: “A female hummingbird having a morning drink.” Credit: Tina Richard
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Orono, ME: “We met a frog on the way to the bog.” Credit: Tammis Coffin
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Gale River Trail, White Mountains, NH: A storybook view of the forest understory. Credit: Mena Schmid
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Buckland, MA: “Walking in the woods.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Boulder Spin, Gulf Hagas, ME: Swirling water. Credit: Tammis Coffin
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Windsor, CT: Chicken of the woods. Credit: Nan Peckham
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Mt. Eisenhower, NH: A patch of bunchberries encountered along the trail. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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Woodstock, VT: A bumble delves into a petunia blossom. Credit: Jen Danly
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West Hartford, VT: A scarlet tanager. Credit: Yvonne Stone
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Middlebury, VT: Another female hummingbird, this one “about to flee as a territorial male swoops in from a nearby perch. “ Credit: Lewis Holmes
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Thetford, VT: Snack time for chippie. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Buckland, MA: “Hawk in the green.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Hebron, CT: A juvenile cardinal, in all his scruffy glory, fills up at the feeder. Credit: Doug Larson
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North Conway, NH: Water flowing across the boulders. Credit: Kevin MacMillan
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Orono, ME: Just a hint of fall color along the Orono Boardwalk. Autumn is on its way. Credit: Tammis Coffin

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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