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March 3rd, 2016 Reader Photo Gallery

February 2016

Your February photos featured carnivore valentines - coyotes, foxes, and bobcats all paired up. Prayer flags glowed on a gray birch, a hermit warbler showed up in Connecticut, and Todd Bauman made a spectacular Groundhog Day climb. Four inches of snowmelt? Let's go ice fishing!

We’re now on the hunt for March 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.

February 2016 Photo: Todd Bauman
Mount Katahdin, ME: “The Knife Edge on Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. This photo was taken on February 2 after a solo summit on a rare bright, clear day! Best Groundhog Day ever!” Credit: Todd Bauman | Photo: Todd Bauman
February 2016 Photo: Dave Mance III
Southern VT: “The first night of our 2016 sugaring season.” Credit: Dave Mance III | Photo: Dave Mance III
February 2016 Photo: Bridget Park
First of two photos. Preston, CT: A bobcat licks its lips after feeding on a dead deer. Credit: Bridget Park | Photo: Bridget Park
February 2016 Photo: Bridget Park
Continued: After the first bobcat fed on the deer carcass, it returned about an hour later with a companion. Credit: Bridget Park | Photo: Bridget Park
February 2016 Photo: Ivan Davydov
Montpelier, VT: Snow on a branch. Credit: Ivan Davydov | Photo: Ivan Davydov
February 2016 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH: A scene from a tour of a timber harvesting operation at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests’ Ashuelot River Headwaters Forest. Here the group discusses the value of open areas for wildlife. Credit: Susan Lichty | Photo: Susan Lichty
February 2016 Photo: Ruth LaChapelle
Saint Ignace, MI: This photo of a male cardinal was taken on February 18th in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Credit: Ruth LaChapelle | Photo: Ruth LaChapelle
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Strafford, VT: Desiccated jelly fungus. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Lynne Duquette
Lamoine, ME: A view from the porch. Credit: Lynne Duquette | Photo: Lynne Duquette
February 2016 Photo: Don Wharton
Southern Adirondacks, NY: Author Don Wharton shared this image of deer crossing a river (you can see more of his photos in a past game camera blog on our website). Credit: Don Wharton | Photo: Don Wharton
February 2016 Photo: John and Suzanne Gregoire
Finger Lakes National Forest, NY: “Snow's gone, where are our taps?” Sugar maples along a stone wall. Credit: John and Suzanne Gregoire | Photo: John and Suzanne Gregoire
February 2016 Photo: Helene Grogan
Ashfield, MA: “Not sure what happened here, but it looks like it was explosive.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2016 Photo: Bridget Park
Preston, CT: “This photo is from a series in which a female coyote is feeding on a deer carcass and there are two male coyotes fighting for the right to breed her. This one is the victor. FYI - the female coyote never stopped feeding during the entire exchange.” Credit: Bridget Park | Photo: Bridget Park
February 2016 Photo: Tom
Rye, NH: “Sticky snow.” Credit: Tom | Photo: Tom
February 2016 Photo: Susan Lichty
Bear Mountain, Lempster, NH: “British soldiers at attention in the sun!” Credit: Susan Lichty | Photo: Susan Lichty
February 2016 Photo: Michael Wilson
Otego, NY: “Blue heron, not spooked for once!” Credit: Michael Wilson | Photo: Michael Wilson
February 2016 Photo: Mary Stowe
Brattleboro, VT: Whetstone Brook. Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
February 2016 Photo: Patrick White
Canaan, NH: Ice fishing on Canaan Street Lake. “There's about four inches of standing water in places on top of the ice after the rain/melt yesterday, but there are still dozens of people out there fishing.” Credit: Patrick White | Photo: Patrick White
February 2016 Photo: Teresa Gladstone
Concord, NH: A red oak leaf in snow. Credit: Teresa Gladstone | Photo: Teresa Gladstone
February 2016 Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
First of two photos. Lake George, NY: “This stump is often used by fishers as a scent marking post. Recently the coyotes have started using it, too.” Credit: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut | Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
February 2016 Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
Continued: Another view of the scent marking. Credit: Juliette Gaudier-Jabout | Photo: Juliette Gaudier-Jabaut
February 2016 Photo: Kevin MacMillan
North Conway, NH: Old Mill Brook. Credit: Kevin MacMillan | Photo: Kevin MacMillan
February 2016 Photo: Dave Mance III
Southern VT: “Valentine's Day, 2016. 7 a.m. 19 below.” Credit: Dave Mance III | Photo: Dave Mance III
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Strafford, VT: A Valentine’s Day tree. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Michael Gudreau
Presque Isle, ME: Ready to run, a deer peers out between the trees. Credit: Michael Gudreau | Photo: Michael Gudreau
February 2016 Photo: Gary Plunkett
Tiverton, RI: “Fire and ice.” Credit: Gary Plunkett | Photo: Gary Plunkett
February 2016 Photo: Giom
Southern VT: “That pretty blue time in the evening through sugaring steam.” Credit: Giom | Photo: Giom
February 2016 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: “A pair of red foxes have been hanging around our area all month.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2016 Photo: Jessica Dion
Jericho, VT: “A story told in snow.” Credit: Jessica Dion | Photo: Jessica Dion
February 2016 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
First of two photos. Thetford, VT: A peek inside the winter home of a goldenrod gall fly. The larva overwinters in the gall, pupates, and crawls out as an adult fly in the spring. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Continued: The photographer’s family tapes the gall back together, being sure to avoid covering the future exit hole. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Alan Day
Fairfax, VT: A sugarhouse scene. Credit: Alan Day | Photo: Alan Day
February 2016 Photo: Mary Stowe
Brattleboro, VT: “Sky and puddles.” Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
February 2016 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Beacon Falls, CT: Rare visit of a hermit warbler. These birds typically appear only in Washington, Oregon, California, and Central America. According to the photographer, this is only the second one on record with the Connecticut Ornithological Association. “The first (hypothetical) [was] in May 1977.” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
February 2016 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Beacon Falls, CT: “This is not winter in Mexico! Instead of a pretty portrait, I decided to share an image of how difficult a New England winter freeze can be on a small warbler looking for insects.” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
February 2016 Photo: Mary Droege
Castleton, VT: “Ice on branches at the top of Goshen Mountain, February 27, 2016.” Credit: Mary Droege | Photo: Mary Droege
February 2016 Photo: Elliott
Jericho, VT: A beautiful study of ice and water. Credit: Elliott | Photo: Elliott
February 2016 Photo: Mary Stowe
Brattleboro, VT: Lichen and sprouting moss. Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
February 2016 Photo: Karen Racette
Redford, NY: That gnarly old dead gray birch is lichening its new colors! Credit: Karen Racette | Photo: Karen Racette
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Strafford, VT: Grouse bed, scat, and tracks. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Susan Lichty
Acworth, NH: Old mill site, headwaters of the Cold River. Credit: Susan Lichty | Photo: Susan Lichty
February 2016 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: “Barred owl in a bare tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
First of two photos. Paul Smith’s College, NY: Professor Celia Evans reviews data with a student during an introductory winter ecology class. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Continued: An impromptu bud identification review during that same Paul Smith’s class. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Teddy W. Hopkins
Readsboro, VT: An apple tree stubbornly holds onto its fruit in the snow. Credit: Teddy W. Hopkins | Photo: Teddy W. Hopkins
February 2016 Photo: Mike Duquette
Lamoine, ME: “Red squirrel’s winter cabin.” Credit: Mike Duquette | Photo: Mike Duquette
February 2016 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckand, MA: “High winds the day after a snowfall brought it all down again.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2016 Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Strafford, VT: A four tree hang-up by the beaver lodge. Credit: Elise Tillinghast | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
February 2016 Photo: Jim DiStefano
Randolph, VT: A study of ice, sunlight, and leaves. Credit: Jim DiStefano | Photo: Jim DiStefano
February 2016 Photo: MK Beach
Etna, NH: “Sun setting on the last day of the month. Goodbye February!” Credit: MK Beach | Photo: MK Beach

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.

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