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January 5th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

December 2016

In your photographs, coyotes prowled, climbers ascended an icy summit, and snow buntings arrived on Christmas Day. Ice formations were also a popular subject this month – and none were stranger than the ice stalagmites produced in an abandoned railroad tunnel. The cover weasel from this winter’s Northern Woodlands magazine returned and once again posed for a photo.

We’re now on the hunt for January 2017 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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Saint Albands, ME. “Seedheads glazed with ice after the December 18, 2016, ice storm.” Credit: C. Eves-Thomas
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Ontario, NY. “A mature, nine point buck bedded near a doe, biding his time for her to give the go for a late-rut breeding. He's aware of me, but is not about to move away from the doe he is patiently pursuing. I'm also not doing anything to stress him to bolt.” Credit: Laurie Dirkx
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Indiana, PA. A bird in hand. “Chickadees will readily accept a seed offering at this local park. Tufted titmice and nuthatches also accept seeds at this location.” Credit: Ed Patterson
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Roseville, MN: “Early winter in the Northwoods.” Credit: Neal W. Chapman
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Buckland, MA. “Coyote pausing on a fallen tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Canaan, NY. “Voles write in cursive.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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White Mountains, NH. Climbers approaching the top of Liberty Mountain. Credit: Karen Maineri
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Hermon, ME. “A pileated woodpecker feasts on suet designed for smaller birds.” Credit: Ed
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Ashland, NH. “Sunrise over Little Squam.” Credit: Elle
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Waterbury, VT. “Hooded mergansers in Little River, Waterbury, VT.” Credit: Mary Jane Grace
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Indiana, PA. “Inside an abandoned railroad tunnel the constant dripping of water creates stalagmites once winter arrives. [They] persist until Spring.” Credit: Ed Patterson
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Southern MA coast. A huge burl, “found while doing conservation easement monitoring.” Credit: Matt Spinner
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Pittsford, VT. “Ice forming along Furnace Brook.” Credit: Susan Elliott
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Colchester, VT. A coyote “obligingly circles back to my trail camera.” Credit: Declan McCabe
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Thetford, VT. A hawk, doing what hawks do. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Pound Ridge, NY. “What in the woods is this? Credit: Krista Munger
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Lempster, NH. “Beautiful Long Pond.” Credit: Lynn Dickerson
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East Nassau, NY: “Out for a swim! Mud Pond is a rare, acidic bog lake. Our town’s Mud Pond Preserve is located around [it].” Credit: Fred McCagg
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Pittsburgh, NH. A classic backroad covered bridge, decked in holiday lights. Credit: Deborah
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Washington, MA. “Interesting design made by porcupine cambium-feeding on beech tree.” Credit: David Ellis
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Ashland, NH. “Cold squirrel warming up in the first rays of the December sun.” Credit: Elle
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Riverwalk, Littleton, NH. Cherries “dress for the holidays.” Credit: Sheelagh Higginson
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Franconia Notch, NH. “Lonesome Lake has begun to freeze over.” Credit: Mena Schmid
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Canaan, NY: Black bear and fisher tracks. Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Durham, NH. A view from the University of New Hampshire’s West Foss Farm. Credit: Barbara Tarvainen
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Halifax, VT. “Christmas Day snow buntings.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Wells River, VT. In winter, erstwhile cloud watchers have a whole new set of formations to look at in the form of strange river ice. Is that a chicken drumstick? Credit: Dana Hillesland
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Granby, CT. Taken in the McLean Game Refuge. "Peaceful woods, icy stream, birch with polypore.” Credit: Nan Peckham
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Cherryfield, ME. “Rudy stares from forest edge.” Credit: Michael Kuhni
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Canaan, NY. “Beaver dam ice sculpture.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Constantia, NY. After a “lake effect” snow. Credit: Linda Reed
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Thetford, VT. A weasel appears on the cover of the current Northern Woodlands magazine. The same weasel (or a cousin) showed up at the same location for another photo session this December. This is probably a long-tailed, Mustela frenata. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Shelburne, VT. Snow squall at Shelburne Farms. Credit: Marian Feldman
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Buckland, MA. Barred owl on a fallen tree. Credit: Helene Grogan
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Bolton, MA. “The end of a great day!” Credit: Rebecca

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