In this second installment of our August Reader Photo Gallery, Harriet Szanto discovered a hummingbird perched in a tree, Ron Becker found a red admiral perched on boneset, and Eric and Amy Girardi captured a remarkable night-time image of bioluminescent fungi.
August 2020 - Part Two
Wentworth, NH. Golden digger wasp. | Photo: Brenton L. Johnson
Pownal, ME. “While foraging the woods for black trumpet mushrooms, I discovered this gray tree frog cooling off inside the horn of one I was about to pick. I took a quick picture, then let it be, of course.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
Franklin County, Adirondacks, NY. Bunchberry. | Photo: Tom Grett
Cresco, PA. “Bioluminescent fungi on firewood.” | Photo: Eric & Amy Girardi
Dalton, NH. “Chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureous) is a highly prized edible shelf mushroom.” | Photo: AM Dannis
First of two photos. Stowe, VT. White admiral. | Photo: Caroline Tricker
Stowe, VT. The same butterfly from a second angle. | Photo: Caroline Tricker
Colchester, VT. “Great blue heron eating a crawfish.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Benton, NH. “The toad blends in with the rock on a cliff on the Benton Trail up Mt. Moosilauke.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
South Williamsport, PA. “Canoe racers training on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Most of the West Branch's extensive watershed is woodland.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
North Haven, CT. “Common yellowthroat warbler on our garden fence.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Otisco, NY. “A late instar monarch caterpillar on its host plant, milkweed.” | Photo: Margie Manthey
Pownal, ME. “This momma white tailed deer was foraging with her young twins. One baby was resting in the tall grass near momma, but popped its head up now and then to look around.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
Lincoln, VT. “Hummingbird resting in a tree.” | Photo: Harriet Szanto
Petersham, MA. “Watched this female common pondhawk hunting from its perch along a fallen tree branch, the pattern of veination on the wings similar to the ‘veination’ of the old wood.” | Photo: Pam Landry
Benton/Haverhill, NH. Black Mountain at 5:30 am. | Photo: Jordan Kendall
North Haven, CT. “Frog in our court yard pond that is fed with rain water from the house roof. How do the frogs get in the pond?” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Cresco, PA. An American chestnut burr. | Photo: Amy Girardi
Ashfield , MA. “Curious leopard frog watching me photograph him.” | Photo: Jennifer Curran-Wage
Middlefield, OH. Slugs snack on an American Caesar mushroom. | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Bradford, VT. “Kayaking on the Waits River below the boat launch.” | Photo: Jordan Kendall
Onondaga County Highland Forest , New York. “Red admiral on boneset.” | Photo: Ron Becker
Hanover/Lebanon, NH. “Rock spot on the backside of Boston Lot Reservoir in the early evening.” | Photo: Jordan Kendall
Franklin County, Adirondacks, NY. “Coyote track.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Middlefield, OH. “A newly emerged male promethea moth hangs beneath a black cohosh plant while his wings dry.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “An unusual brown morph of the snowberry clearwing moth.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Franklin County, Adirondacks, NY. Varied rag lichen. | Photo: Tom Grett
Snydertown, PA. Did you get me anything? “A praying mantis met me at the door when I came home from an errand.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Wentworth, NH. A fritillary nectars on bee balm. | Photo: Brenton L. Johnson
Elimsport, PA. “A barred owl at a beaver pond watching for frogs.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Pownal, ME. “Typically shy, this handsome pileated woodpecker ignored me as it went about its business of finding goodies in the dead yellow birch.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
Whitefield, NH. Cecropia moth caterpillar. “The cecropia moth is one of the largest members of the giant silkmoth family in the northeast with wingspans reaching 5-5.5 inches.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Brookfield , NH. This photo shows the next step in the insect’s development. A cecropia moth cocoon. | Photo: Sally Cornwell
Tewksbury, NJ. “Swallowtail caterpillars feasting on parsley.” | Photo: Robert Becker
Onondaga County Highland Forest, NY. Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar. | Photo: Ron Becker
Worcester, VT. “Vein of marble near summit of Worcester Mountain.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Dalton, NH. “Doll's eye baneberry detail. Pretty but poisonous!” | Photo: AM Dannis
Marcellus, NY. “Log cabin at Baltimore Woods Nature Center.” | Photo: Margie Manthey
Dalton, NH. “Two lone chokecherry survivors from a hungry black bear attack.” | Photo: AM Dannis
Snydertown, PA. “White lined sphinx moth (hawk moth) gracing our kitchen window.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger