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January 4th, 2019 Reader Photo Gallery

December 2018

In your December photos, a young piebald deer encountered a mature buck, an otter crossed the snow at sunrise, and a horse and rider travelled an old road-turned-trail. Photographer Ken Hatch discovered fossils in Vermont’s Button Bay State park, and Alex Barrett shared a sped-up video of a forwarder collecting white pine (see his Facebook link from photo seven).

We’re now looking for January 2019 photos that relate to northeastern forests. These could be images of people, plants, wildlife, weather, forest management, wood processing, educational activities, recreation, art, landscapes, or events. To submit your photos, please use the form at the bottom of this page. Thank you!

Submission deadline for next gallery: Thursday, January 31, 2019

December 2018 Photo: Collin Miller
Hobart, NY. “Bobcat takes the high road in the western Catskills.” | Photo: Collin Miller
December 2018 Photo: Susan March
Marcellus, NY. “Eastern screech owl keeps watch over the woods.” | Photo: Susan March
December 2018 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Night grooming on Cannon Mountain.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
December 2018 Photo: Ken Hatch
Ferrisburgh, VT. “Gastropod fossils in Crown Point limestone at Button Bay State Park. Came over here for a walk today because I knew there would be no icy snow and we got lucky to find these.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
December 2018 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lyoming County, PA. “Improvement cut in a northern hardwood stand on State Game Land 134.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
December 2018 Photo: Ross Johnston
Strafford, VT. “Otter at sunrise.” | Photo: Ross Johnston
December 2018 Photo: Alex Barrett
Reading, VT. “A beautiful forwarder load of white pine headed for the landing. To see a neat video clip of this, check it out here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longviewforest/videos/205522897027184/” | Photo: Alex Barrett
December 2018 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. First of two game camera images showing interaction of a spike horn and mature buck. Notice what appear to be urine marks on the mature buck’s forehead, which may attract does and deter young males. (See: https://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/scrape) | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
December 2018 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Continued: Scenting behavior. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
December 2018 Photo: Carolyn
East Wallingford, VT. “Twenty inches of white cement. Pines bowing, most everything else breaking.” | Photo: Carolyn
December 2018 Photo: Ed Robinson
Orrs Island, ME. “Red squirrel on high alert.” | Photo: Ed Robinson
December 2018 Photo: John Blaser
Brewster, NY. “Frozen stream.” | Photo: John Blaser
December 2018 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “Feeding time.” The blood on this eagle is from its prey. | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
December 2018 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) buds.” | Photo: AM Dannis
December 2018 Photo: John Snell
Montpelier, VT. “A pair of pileated woodpeckers enjoying a few wild grapes near the confluence of the North Branch and the main stem of the Winooski.” | Photo: John Snell
December 2018 Photo: John Blaser
Brewster, NY. “Woodland ice sculpture.” | Photo: John Blaser
December 2018 Photo: Susan March
Marcellus, NY. “Stare down!” This gray squirrel means business. | Photo: Susan March
December 2018 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. Unlike its New York cousin, this gray squirrel seems a bit more relaxed. “Captured by a homemade trail camera based on a Sony point-and-shoot camera.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
December 2018 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “Ready for winter.” | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
December 2018 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. ”Icicles hanging over a small brook two days after a major rain event which occurred on the first day of winter.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
December 2018 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lyoming County, PA. “Salvaged white ash logs on the Loyalsock State Forest. The trees were killed by the emerald ash borer.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
December 2018 Photo: John Snell
Montpelier, VT. “New snow on red oak.” | Photo: John Snell
December 2018 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. Magical miniature lichen forest.” | Photo: AM Dannis
December 2018 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “Birch polypores on a dead gray birch. We have seen a lot of these over the last several years as the gray birch die out and other trees take over.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
December 2018 Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
Woodstock, CT. “Polypore ‘flower’ at the Still River Basin.” | Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
December 2018 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. Buck in snow. | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
December 2018 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Cannon Mountain in moonlight.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
December 2018 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. First of two images. “Piebald buck captured on game camera.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
December 2018 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. That same piebald facing a mature buck. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
December 2018 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Cup lichen (Cladonia) reappears during December thaw.” Appropriately for a December photo gallery, this type of lichen is a main food for reindeer. | Photo: AM Dannis
December 2018 Photo: Ken Hatch
Hancock, VT. “Moss and lichen on a sugar maple at the Texas Falls picnic area, Green Mountain National Forest on December 10, 2018.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
December 2018 Photo: Susan March
Marcellus, NY. “Early ice found in the woods.” | Photo: Susan March
December 2018 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A foggy midmorning in my friends’ woods.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
December 2018 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Hoarfrost on Dalton Mountain.” | Photo: AM Dannis
December 2018 Photo: Susan March
Marcellus, NY. A beaver pond scene. | Photo: Susan March
December 2018 Photo: John Snell
Montpelier, VT. “Junco in winter garden.” | Photo: John Snell
December 2018 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “All natural holiday decorations tucked in on one of the woods trails.” | Photo: AM Dannis
December 2018 Photo: John Blaser
Brewster, NY. “Ducks in open water.” | Photo: John Blaser
December 2018 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lyoming County, PA. “Horse and rider on an old haul road.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
December 2018 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “Leafy liverworts, lichen, and moss on a red maple on December 10th, 2018. The snow which now covers the ground in our area may hide a lot, but there is still a lot of life to see in the woods if we look around.” | Photo: Ken Hatch

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!

Please read and agree to the terms and conditions below, which provide Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your photo isn’t selected for our gallery but we wish to use it for another purpose, we will contact you.

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