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August 6th, 2015 Reader Photo Gallery

July 2015

Your July photos revealed bears on the move, young birds just out of the nest, and mountain sandwort in bloom. Paper birch cake was on the menu at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Maine teachers explored the working forest, and a crow struck a creepy, backlit pose.

We’re now on the hunt for August 2015 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.

July 2015 Photo: Mary Stowe
Stratton, VT: The view from a canoeist’s campsite on Grout Pond. Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
North Woodstock, NH: No mixed feelings about cutting this tree. This paper birch cake was made by Alison Chase of Boxford and served at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s annual dinner on July 7. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Adelaide Tyrol
Marshfield, VT: First of two images. A bear encounters an unlucky birdfeeder. Credit: Adelaide Tyrol | Photo: Adelaide Tyrol
July 2015 Photo: Adelaide Tyrol
Continued: Notice how far the bear’s tongue has extended. | Photo: Adelaide Tyrol
July 2015 Photo: Vanessa David
Darien, CT: A profusion of polypore mushrooms grows at the base of a beech tree. Credit: Vanessa David | Photo: Vanessa David
July 2015 Photo: Mike Duquette
Lamoine, ME: A raccoon feasts on sunflower seeds. Credit: Mike Duquette | Photo: Mike Duquette
July 2015 Photo: Andrea Tirrell
Brattleboro, VT: Glossy white Indian Pipes. These non-photosynthesizing plants make their living by attaching to mycorrhizal fungi at the base of living trees. The cups of their floral “pipes” turn upward once they’re fertilized. Credit: Andrea Tirrell | Photo: Andrea Tirrell
July 2015 Photo: Susan Bitterman
Middlesex, VT: “A visit from a gray fox on the morning of July 27th.” Credit: Susan Bitterman | Photo: Susan Bitterman
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Washington County, ME: First of a series of images, taken during a Maine TREE Foundation Forests of Maine Teacher Tour, that also included a Project Learning Tree Workshop. A forester uses a chart to explain tree growth cycles in a shelterwood forest owned by the Baskahegan Company. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Continued: Tour participants discuss a 55 windmill installation operated by SunEdison. | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Continued: This small clear cut removed unhealthy Jack pines, and met the landowner’s goal of improving habitat for grouse and woodcock. The land is managed by Wagner Forest Management. | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Continued: A delimber in action. | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Continued: With just one grab, a giant crane removes the contents of a logging truck at the Fulghum Fibres mill in Baileyville. | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: David Matthews
Fairlee, VT: A buck with a drooping antler. Asymmetrical antlers are fairly common, but this is an extreme example. Credit: David Matthews | Photo: David Matthews
July 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Shelburne, MA: “A turkey vulture drying its wings after a foggy morning.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
July 2015 Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
Franconia, NH: A baby wood frog, one of many found hopping across a wet spot in a field. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul | Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
July 2015 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT: Now you see a deer… Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
July 2015 Photo: Dennis Santos
Fall River, MA: And now you don’t. Credit: Dennis Santos | Photo: Dennis Santos
July 2015 Photo: Devon Gulvan
Cumberland, ME: A frequent sight in late summer: common milkweed. Credit: Devon Gulvan | Photo: Devon Gulvan
July 2015 Photo: Aaron Fitzgerald
North Pembroke, NH: A coyote seems to analyze the game camera. Credit: Aaron Fitzgerald | Photo: Aaron Fitzgerald
July 2015 Photo: David Matthews
Fairlee, VT: A black bear sow and cub. Credit: David Matthews | Photo: David Matthews
July 2015 Photo: Barbara Mackay
Derby, VT: A purple fringed bog-orchid, discovered deep in the moist forest between Hazen’s Notch and Jay Pass. Credit: Barbara Mackay | Photo: Barbara Mackay
July 2015 Photo: Janet Pesaturo
Central Massachusetts: Mink race by a trail camera. Credit: Janet Pesaturo | Photo: Janet Pesaturo
July 2015 Photo: Mary Stowe
Stratton, VT: A summer storm gathers over Grout Pond in Green Mountain National Forest. Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
July 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: “Common yellowthroat fledgling on purple hostas, just after leaving the nest.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
July 2015 Photo: Mary Stowe
Sunderland, VT: Masses of blue-bead lily berries at Branch Pond in Green Mountain National Forest. Credit: Mary Stowe | Photo: Mary Stowe
July 2015 Photo: Janet Pesaturo
Central Massachusetts: A black bear noses around a beaver dam. Credit: Janet Pesaturo | Photo: Janet Pesaturo
July 2015 Photo: Kim Wind
East Corinth, VT: First of two images. July is a great month to watch fledglings. Here, a juvenile chestnut-sided warbler. Credit: Kim Wind | Photo: Kim Wind
July 2015 Photo: Kim Wind
Continued: Perhaps it was waiting for a food delivery from this adult. Chestnut-sided warblers are typically found in shrubby, early successional growth areas. They’ll be here for another month or so, then head to Central America. | Photo: Kim Wind
July 2015 Photo: Emily Rowe
Greenwood, ME: Eagles nesting for the first time in at least 25 years on an island in South Pond. Credit: Emily Rowe | Photo: Emily Rowe
July 2015 Photo: Mary Droege
Castleton, VT: The photographer found a snake skin in a tree, then looked around and discovered what they believe to be a black rat snake seven feet up on a hemlock. “We saw this with 15 middle school students during an ecology camp outing! Wonderful experience for all!” Credit: Mary Droege | Photo: Mary Droege
July 2015 Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
Franconia, NH: Low light conditions and chance composition create an image that resembles the book jacket for a novel - one you probably shouldn’t read alone at night. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul | Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
July 2015 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Strafford, VT: A puff of cattail pollen. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
July 2015 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT: This photo is a continuation of the June photo gallery series on Cooper’s hawks. A parent (probably Mom) feeds scraps of meat to the fledglings. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
July 2015 Photo: Cliff Choly
Pownal, VT: A thrush nest (probably a hermit thrush) tucked into the forest floor. Credit: Cliff Choly | Photo: Cliff Choly
July 2015 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA: A juvenile eagle in silhouette. “This was the last day it was spotted near the nest, and the last day the parents were seen feeding it.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
July 2015 Photo: Devon Gulvan
Cumberland, ME: A close study of leaf in decay. Credit: Devon Gulvan | Photo: Devon Gulvan
July 2015 Photo: Barbara Mackay
Bretton Woods, VT: Sandwort (also called Greenland stitchwort and mountain sandplant) grows in a cluster on Mount Washington. “This is one of the few tundra plants that blooms all summer.” Credit: Barbara Mackay | Photo: Barbara Mackay
July 2015 Photo: Anonymous
Central VT: Bur-reed, a common wetland plant, and common food for muskrats, waterfowl and other wildlife. Credit: Anonymous | Photo: Anonymous
July 2015 Photo: Janet Pesaturo
Central Massachusetts: A bobcat, perhaps one of this year’s kittens. Credit: Janet Pesaturo | Photo: Janet Pesaturo

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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