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August 2022

Your August photos included a diversity of late summer life, including insects and spiders, juvenile birds, and coral fungi. In Hawley, Massachusetts, Amy Quist did her best to shoo a stubborn snake out of the road, while in Strafford, Vermont, Ken Hatch encountered a turtle in the act of shedding scutes. Danielle Durocher dazzled us with two gorgeous bird images from Pelham, New Hampshire (green heron and great horned owl). Meanwhile, in Speculator, New York, Jane Schneider witnessed duck gymnastics, and in Waldo, Maine, Judy Kaiser discovered a toad bonus in a lettuce flat.

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August 2022 Photo: Cheryl Metcalf
Tunbridge, VT. “A rare glimpse of a paddle caterpillar, the larvae of the funerary dagger moth, on an aspen sapling.” | Photo: Cheryl Metcalf
August 2022 Photo: Brittany G.
Petersham, MA. “Reverse selfie, tree frog.” | Photo: Brittany G.
August 2022 Photo: Danielle Durocher
Pelham, NH. “Green heron.” | Photo: Danielle Durocher
August 2022 Photo: Gordon F. Gould
Waterford, VT. “About 500 board feet of spruce and fir saw logs.” | Photo: Gordon F. Gould
August 2022 Photo: Peter Hollinger
Sharon, VT. A hummingbird, “in an aggressive posture.” | Photo: Peter Hollinger
August 2022 Photo: Jen Adams
Sandwich, NH. “Who knew parasitic fungus could be this beautiful?” Syzygites mold. | Photo: Jen Adams
August 2022 Photo: Larry Litke
Jeffersonville, VT. “Hummingbird clearwing moth.” | Photo: Larry Litke
August 2022 Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “American bittern.” Also known as “thunder pumpers,” the birds are remarkably hard to spot when they’re standing still among the reeds. | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
August 2022 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “An argiope spider wrapping a newly acquired meal in silk.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
August 2022 Photo: Karen Goulet
Epsom, NH. “Monarch caterpillar munches on butterfly weed.” This native plant is a milkweed species. | Photo: Karen Goulet
August 2022 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “American spikenard (Aralia racemose) fruits.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
August 2022 Photo: Richard A. Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A lone lily.” | Photo: Richard A. Philben
August 2022 Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “Subtribe hespertina, a skipper butterfly, feeding on a purpletop vervain in our weedy garden. Look closely and you will see the proboscis, a feeding tube, in a blossom.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
August 2022 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Elimsport, PA. “Great egrets on State Game Land 252 - each year, at the end of breeding season, a few great egrets wander northward to wetlands in north central Pennsylvania.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
August 2022 Photo: Anne O’Malley
Brooklin, ME. “Peach jugglers.” | Photo: Anne O’Malley
August 2022 Photo: Tracy Sherbrook
Lyndon, VT. “Eastern tailed-blue strutting its stuff.” | Photo: Tracy Sherbrook
August 2022 Photo: Jack Nelson
Plainfield, MA. “Colony of Cerceris fumipenis wasp nests found on a forest path. They prey upon metallic wood-boring beetles, including Emerald Ash Borer.” | Photo: Jack Nelson
August 2022 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Colchester, VT. “Migrating birds - lesser yellowlegs and semipalmated sandpiper.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
August 2022 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “’Who cooks for you?!’ Large barred owl hunting along a woodland trail.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
August 2022 Photo: Tom Grett
Adirondacks, NY. “Colorful mushroom in the Northern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Tom Grett
August 2022 Photo: Hannah Smith
Thetford, VT. “Monarch caterpillar.” | Photo: Hannah Smith
August 2022 Photo: Erika Senglaub
Naples, NY. “Thistle lovers.” | Photo: Erika Senglaub
August 2022 Photo: Jane Schneider
Speculator, NY. “The duck balancing act made me smile. Paddled past them on Lake Pleasant.” | Photo: Jane Schneider
August 2022 Photo: Danielle Durocher
Pelham, NH. “Great horned owl.” | Photo: Danielle Durocher
August 2022 Photo: Chantal Caron
Rockingham, VT. “Argiope spider in her web.” | Photo: Chantal Caron
August 2022 Photo: Collin Miller
Westchester County, NY. “Rare prickly pear cactus community on a dry ridge.” | Photo: Collin Miller
August 2022 Photo: Amy Quist
Hawley, MA. DeKay’s brown snake. “Tried to encourage a stubborn brown snake to move off the road before it got run over.” | Photo: Amy Quist
August 2022 Photo: Larry Litke
Jeffersonville, VT. “Ruby-throated hummingbird - adult male and phoebe.” | Photo: Larry Litke
August 2022 Photo: Jim Duncan
Tuftonboro, NH. “Bald-faced hornets tending larvae as seen through our dining room window, against which they built their nest.” | Photo: Jim Duncan
August 2022 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Small bull moose browses in an old log landing on Dalton Mountain.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
August 2022 Photo: Kirk T. Gentalen
Tenants Harbor, ME. A juvenile red crossbill in “the ‘Summer of the Red Crossbill 2022!’” | Photo: Kirk T. Gentalen
August 2022 Photo: Richard A. Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A very low in the sky rainbow at Wheel-View farm.” | Photo: Richard A. Philben
August 2022 Photo: Judy Sweet
Shelburne, MA. “A monarch enjoys prairie coneflowers on a peaceful summer morning.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
August 2022 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “Common yellowthroat feeding time.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
August 2022 Photo: Tom Grett
Adirondacks, NY. “Detail of fern from the northern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Tom Grett
August 2022 Photo: Brittany G.
Petersham, MA. Crown-tipped coral. | Photo: Brittany G.
August 2022 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Various species of nut weevils, like this Curculio obtusus, can have a significant impact on tree reproduction.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
August 2022 Photo: Ken Hatch
Strafford, VT. “At Miller Pond, a painted turtle shedding its scutes.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
August 2022 Photo: Char Reed
Underhill, VT. “Grubby fingers.” | Photo: Char Reed
August 2022 Photo: Penelope Harris
Cambridge, VT. “Wrens built their nest on a bluebird nest.” | Photo: Penelope Harris
August 2022 Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “Praying mantis. Found many bugs in my weedy garden. Here the praying mantis is reducing the bee population.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
August 2022 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Littleton, NH. “A worm’s eye view of a deer mushroom.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
August 2022 Photo: Andrei Burnin
Jackson, NH. “Jumping spider with its prey.” | Photo: Andrei Burnin
August 2022 Photo: David Porter
Blue Hill, ME. “Woodpile wreath - Cerrena unicolor mushroom.” | Photo: David Porter
August 2022 Photo: Larry Litke
Jeffersonville, VT. “Ruby-throated hummingbirds - juvenile.” | Photo: Larry Litke
August 2022 Photo: Thomas Ames Jr.
Pittsburg, NH. “A white turtlehead (Chelone gabra) blossoming at the confluence of Perry’s Stream and the Connecticut River.” | Photo: Thomas Ames Jr.
August 2022 Photo: Leif Tillotson
Swanton, VT. Two kayakers. | Photo: Leif Tillotson
August 2022 Photo: Elaine Philbrook
China, ME. A classic late summer scene. “Resting katydid in a sunflower.” | Photo: Elaine Philbrook
August 2022 Photo: Chantal Caron
Rockingham, VT. A beautiful image of an orb weaver spider. | Photo: Chantal Caron
August 2022 Photo: Louanne Nielsen
East Montpelier, VT. A honey bee, nectaring on Joe Pye weed. | Photo: Louanne Nielsen
August 2022 Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “This female ruby-throated hummingbird is approaching a feeder with her tongue out and pauses before landing. A great pose for a picture. She has a greenish head and back. The red tinge is from light reflecting from the feeder.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
August 2022 Photo: Jane Schneider
Adirondacks, NY. “Noticed this tiny crown-tipped coral while hiking Blue Mtn. in the southern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Jane Schneider
August 2022 Photo: Ron Becker
Fayetteville, NY. “A walking stick pauses on the door frame of my garage.” | Photo: Ron Becker
August 2022 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Milton, VT. “Map turtle and painted turtle sunning themselves on the Lamoille River.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
August 2022 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Bethlehem, NH. “A beautifully patterned orb-weaver spider found alongside a woodland trail.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
August 2022 Photo: Char Reed
Underhill, VT. “Cherry Picasso.” | Photo: Char Reed
August 2022 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Juvenile eastern bluebird - part of a brood hatched in a natural tree cavity.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
August 2022 Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
Tinmouth, VT. “Inonotus obliquus, commonly called chaga, is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae.” It typically grows on birch trees. | Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
August 2022 Photo: Amy Quist
Heath, MA. “Spooked a fawn from its trail-side slumber, though it definitely spooked me more!” | Photo: Amy Quist
August 2022 Photo: Lincoln Lavoie
Goffstown, NH. “This beautiful wood turtle was about to enjoy a juicy blueberry on a hot summer day.” | Photo: Lincoln Lavoie
August 2022 Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “New pups.” | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
August 2022 Photo: Greg Shute
T1 R11, ME. “Fourth Debsconeag Lake Sunrise.” | Photo: Greg Shute
August 2022 Photo: Gordon F. Gould
Waterford, VT. “My wife and I saw this unusual (to us) furry fungi growing on a bed of moss.” | Photo: Gordon F. Gould
August 2022 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lisbon, NH. “One of many species of grasshopper abundant this time of year.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
August 2022 Photo: Jane Schneider
Wells, NY. “This green frog was spotted on rocks next to Auger Falls.” | Photo: Jane Schneider
August 2022 Photo: Chantal Caron
Rockingham, VT. “Chanterelle mushrooms.” | Photo: Chantal Caron
August 2022 Photo: Richard A. Philben
Chatham, MA. “A kingfisher on the Muddy River in Chatham.” | Photo: Richard A. Philben
August 2022 Photo: Irina N. Burnina
Jackson, NH. “Lingonberry in Carter Notch, White Mountains.” | Photo: Irina N. Burnina
August 2022 Photo: David Porter
Blue Hill, ME. “Gem-studded puffball - the first mushroom after a very dry August.” | Photo: David Porter
August 2022 Photo: John Blaser
Brewster, NY. “Growth on a rock, Rock Pond, William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, Adirondacks.” | Photo: John Blaser
August 2022 Photo: Amy Thurber
South Dartmouth, MA. “Katydid.” | Photo: Amy Thurber
August 2022 Photo: Dan Fiedler
Chittenden, VT. “Early morning paddle on Chittenden Reservoir during our family’s first overnight canoe camping trip.” | Photo: Dan Fiedler
August 2022 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Huntington, VT. “Break in the clouds on the summit of Camel’s Hump.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
August 2022 Photo: Dave Brazier
Sargent Pond, NY. “Spider webs lit by the morning sun on upper Sargent pond.” | Photo: Dave Brazier
August 2022 Photo: Jason Amoriell
Peru, NY. “Bad day for a squirrel possibly.” | Photo: Jason Amoriell
August 2022 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “This spiny oak-slug caterpillar measured a mere three eighths of an inch long.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
August 2022 Photo: Judy Kaiser
Waldo, ME. “Toad in lettuce flat.” | Photo: Judy Kaiser
August 2022 Photo: Jen Weimer
Washington, NH. “Summer Sunday sunset at Pillsbury State Park.” | Photo: Jen Weimer
August 2022 Photo: Prudence Wholey
Heath, MA. “Praying mantis at the Heath Fair.” | Photo: Prudence Wholey
August 2022 Photo: Geoffrey Bluh
Greenfield, MA. “This red-tailed hawk was discovered in the backyard on the 22nd of August. Being on the ground it seemed like it had caught some prey, but it was soon discovered to be injured, or perhaps starved. A local raptor rescuer said many hawks have suffered starvation.” | Photo: Geoffrey Bluh

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