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February 15th, 2019 Reader Photo Gallery

January 2019

Beaver dams, ice formations, and winter wildlife were common themes for January. A sun dog glowed in the Pennsylvania sky, and a mostly-white squirrel haunted a Vermont feeder. In Maine, coyotes trotted along a trail, and in New Hampshire, a forester posted a timber sale permit.

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Ashland, ME. “Carved moose antler.”
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Bethel, VT. “Ruffed grouse tail feather and red spruce tips which were nipped off by a red squirrel.”
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Madison, NH. Landowner/forester Harold Cook posts a timber sale permit.
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Hermon, ME. “A flock of goldfinches decorate the winter landscape.”
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Adirondacks. “Foothills of the Adirondacks.”
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Lycoming County, PA. “Ice bells that formed on the twigs of a hemlock overhanging Rose Valley Lake.”
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Dalton, NH. “Wild turkey intersection.”
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Hermon, ME. “A red fox pauses during a light January snowstorm.”
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Snydertown, PA. “A sun dog during our January 7 sunrise.”
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Dalton, NH. “Staghorn sumac on a clear blue winter day.”
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Granville, MA. “Ice circles on Hubbard Brook, Granville State Forest.”
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Northwestern PA. “This photo, taken by our forester Guy Dunkle, shows bear claws on a beech tree. What the photo doesn't reveal is a lot of grapevine in the canopy, explaining why it has been so frequently climbed.”
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Petersham, MA. “Beaver Lodge with an in-law apartment.”
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Petersham. MA. Beaver works.
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Webster, MA. “Impressive three-tiered beaver dam(s).
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Saranac Lake, NY. “Adult bald eagle looking for leftovers on the ice of Pelky Bay.”
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East Nassau, NY. “Sculptural erratic.”
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Thetford Center, VT. “Mostly white gray squirrel. It has been around for about 8 months. The picture was taken … in a tree beside my birdfeeder.”
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Canaan, NY. “Red fox punched through the soft crust looking for the vole that made the tunnel in the snow.”
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Ashuelot River Headwaters Forest, NH. “Moose scrapes.”
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Pomfret, VT. “My wife Debbie under a large white pine which hangs over the Appalachian Trail. I did not measure this tree but it looked like over 36” diameter to me.”
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Ashland, ME. A northern Maine coyote, with a bit of wolf mixed into the genes.
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Thetford Center, VT. This Virginia opossum has taken winter quarters under a shed and often shows up under the bird feeder.
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East Charleston, VT. “A gigantic glacial erratic.”
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Tiadaghton State Forest, PA. “The skidder has a day off on a timber sale in Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Ashland, ME. “Tracking lunch.”
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Ashland, ME. Another handsome coyote.
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Montoursville, PA. Pileated woodpecker.
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Dalton, NH. Birch polypore.
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Northumberland County, PA. “The Weiser State Forest, Roaring Creek Tract is the perfect place to take a hike after a fresh coating of snow.”
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East Nassau, NY. “January beech leaves.”
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South Williamsport, PA. “The sale is finished so the skidder rests in the new fallen snow.”
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Hermon, ME. “Have you ever seen a more beautiful red fox?”
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Hermon, ME. “Hooray for the trail groomer!”
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Wilkinson Trail, Green Mountain National Forest, VT. “…the way snow stuck to one side of the hobblebush buds made a good background so the buds really stood out.”
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East Wallingford, VT. “A very eeeky icicle!”
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Dalton, NH. “Common greenshield lichen on ancient sugar maple.”
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Dalton, NH. “Beech bud glows under ice.”
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Berlin, VT. “We got a tip from other birders telling us where we might see pine grosbeaks…and found just this one female in a crab apple tree. I was happy to find it since it was the first one I had ever seen.”
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Dalton, NH. “New snow bathed in winter glow.”
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Canaan, NY. “The skunky perfume of red fox urine is in the air this time of year.”
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Ashuelot River Headwaters Forest, NH. “Lovely lichen.” Credit: Sue Lichty
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Petersham, MA. “Swirls and reflection.”
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Lempster, NH. “Bushy moss on stump in Long Pond Town Forest.”
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Bethel, VT. “A windy January 30th, 2019 morning after a 7.25 inch snow storm. We now have about 2 feet 6 inches of snow at our snow stake.”

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