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August 4th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

July 2017

Your July photos captured the remarkable diversity of life forms that inhabit northern woodlands – animals that waddle, paddle, hop, and scamper, others that flutter, crawl, and glide. This month’s gallery also features a variety of plants, mushrooms, and lichens that are going nowhere at all, except through the dispersal of their seeds, spores, and soredia.

We’re now looking for August 2017 photos that relate to northeastern forests. These could be images of plants, wildlife, weather, forest management, wood processing, educational activities, recreation, art, landscapes, or events. To submit your photos, please use the form below. Thank you!

Submission Deadline for the August Gallery: Monday, August 28, 2017

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Worcester, MA. Reflections and lily pads on Coes Pond. Credit: Lisa Johnson
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Lewisburg, PA. Bird's nest fungus growing on oak bark mulch. Each “egg” in the “nest” is a capsule of spores that measures 3/16" in diameter. When a raindrop lands in the mushroom’s cup, the capsule is ejected up to four feet away, where it will dry and release its spores. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Waterford, VT. “Rehab of an old skid road to be used in a small-scale harvest. This culvert is made from rough eastern hemlock (1 of 2).” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Waterford, VT. “Rehab of an old skid road to be used in a small-scale harvest. This culvert is made from rough eastern hemlock (2 of 2).” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Lempster, NH. “Beautiful blue borage blossom at Long Pond.” Credit: Susan E. Lichty
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Francestown, NH. “I was heartened to find this monarch butterfly caterpillar feeding on milkweed in southern NH on July 6.” Credit: Pat Nelson
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South Williamsport, PA. “Bumblebee mimic syrphid fly on black cohosh flower. Bee flies mimic stinging insects as protection from insect-eating predators.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Pembroke, NH. “An American toad keeping cool in the shade of a maple tree.” Credit: Aaron Fitzgerald
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Dalton, NH. “About to emerge . . . a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta).” Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Can you find the fawn?” Credit: Sandy Dannis
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Beacon Falls, CT. “Green frog sporting different patterns made me initially think it was a mink frog visiting Connecticut. Green frogs may vary from the green we are used to.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Central Pennsylvania. “Bald Eagle Mountain from the wooded hills north of Linden, PA. The long forested ridge was named for a leader of the Lenape tribe who was killed by white settlers in 1779.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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South Williamsport, PA. “The great crested flycatcher is a common denizen of woodlands where it nests in existing cavities in trees, usually an old woodpecker nest hole.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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East Haverhill, NH. “Waiting for Amy to move away from the chicken coop.” Credit: Amy Kinder
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East Wallingford, VT. “How I spend my summer vacation.” Credit: Carolyn Haley
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Hermon, ME. An eastern tiger swallowtail alights on coreopsis flowers. Credit: Peggy Baum
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Hermon, ME. “Twin Maine whitetails discuss their plans for the day.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Snydertown, PA. “A family of four raccoons.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “Three gobblers enjoying their morning stroll through the woods.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Near Lake George, NY. “Button stage of the American Caesar’s mushroom (Amanita jacksonii).” Credit: Jackqueline Donnelly
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Glover, VT. Great blue heron chicks. Credit: Edwin Young
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Acadia National Park, ME. A calico pennant. Credit: Leda Beth Gray
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Acadia National Park, ME. A pickerel frog. Credit: Leda Beth Gray
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Amherst, MA. “Mushroom with bugs.” Credit: Elisa Campbell
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Springfield, VT. “Damsels in Love,” captured at the annual Damsels & Dragons Festival at Hoyt's Landing. Credit: Elisa Campbell
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Halifax, VT. “Mid-July and the wild cranberries are blooming.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Lempster, NH. An albino porcupine dozing in a red maple tree. Credit: Lori Dwyer
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Lempster, NH. The same animal foraging among herbaceous plants. Credit: Lori Dwyer
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Shaftsbury, VT. “Happy Independence Day!” Credit: Christopher Elwell
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South Williamsport, PA. “Line of old sugar maples at the site of the Mosquito Valley School, which was apparently closed by 1920.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Altamont, NY. Hemlock polypore. Credit: Jennifer Ford
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Altamont, NY. “Monotropa uniflora, a parasitic plant that obtains nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.” Credit: Jennifer Ford
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Tioga State Forest, PA. A timber rattlesnake. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Ontario, NY. Eastern kingbird. Credit: Laurie Dirkx
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Montpelier, VT. American chestnut male flowers. Credit: John Snell
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Montpelier, VT. Gray birch fruit. Credit: John Snell
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Stony Creek, NY. Two fawns playing by a stream. Credit: Gordon Rice
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West Hartford, VT. A wood duck in eclipse plumage. Credit: Yvonne L. Stone
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Franklin, VT. “We like it wet.” Credit: Marvin Bicknell
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Williamsport, PA. “A black bear photographed by a homemade trail camera using a Nikon point-and-shoot digital camera.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Snydertown, PA. “I was fortunate to come across this box turtle taking its walk while I was out taking my walk.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “Here is something you don't get to see very often . . . a doe checking out a young fox.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Stillwater, NY. A northern pearly-eye. Credit: Barbara Mackay
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New Paltz, NY. “A lizard in the Northeast!? Yes, a five-lined skink seen basking on a stump at Lake Mohunk.” Credit: John Foley
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South Trescott, ME. A small forest of cup lichen. Lichens reproduce in two ways: first, by dispersing powdery soredia, which are clumps of algal cells wrapped in fungal filaments; second, by detachment of branching outgrowths, called isidia, from the parent lichen. Credit: Nate Rosebrooks

Submit Your Photos to the Reader Gallery

We’re always thrilled to see what’s happening in the Northeast through your eyes. Each season, we feature approximately 50 reader-submitted images in our online gallery. To be considered, please send us photos taken within the past month.

You may submit up to three photos per person. While we can’t publish every submission, we carefully consider each one.

When reviewing submissions, we look for:

  • A variety of topics and subjects
  • High-quality, well-composed images
  • Good resolution (prefer images at least 1000 pixels on the longer edge)
  • Geographic diversity across the region

Before submitting, please read and agree to the terms and conditions below. These give Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your image isn’t selected for the gallery but we’d like to feature it elsewhere, we’ll reach out to you.

Having trouble submitting? You can also email your photo(s) and caption(s) to: Nancy (at) northernwoodlands.org. Please use the subject line: Reader Photo Submission. And don’t forget to confirm in your email that you’ve read and agreed to our terms and conditions.

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