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August 3rd, 2018 Reader Photo Gallery

July 2018

Your July photos depicted summer in all of its rich color and life.  Flying insects were a frequent theme, including some spectacular images of giant moths, and a cheering number of images of both adult monarchs and caterpillars. You also spent a lot of time by water: a damselfly posed on a waterlily, a big bull moose ate a lily snack, and a gorgeous male red-winged blackbird showed off his wings from his perch on a cattail. Speaking of red, check out the images of glossy baneberries and cardinal flowers in bloom.

We’re now looking for August 2018 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: Monday, August 27, 2018

July 2018
Old Lyme, CT. Black-crowned night heron, “on the Back River at mid-tide.” Credit: Harcourt Davis
July 2018
Genesee, PA. This handsome fellow is an elderberry borer. Credit: Stephen Moses
July 2018
South Williamsport, PA. “A timber rattlesnake in an oak forest on the Allegheny Plateau, Lycoming County, PA. Habitat loss and indiscriminate killing have reduced the population of these interesting and slow-to-reproduce reptiles.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
July 2018
Milton, VT. A male red-winged blackbird. “Beautiful things happen when we open up.” Credit: Angela Myers
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “Milkweed starting to bloom.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Genesee, PA. “Hedgehog gall on an oak leaf.” This is the work of a wasp larva, which will emerge in fall. Credit: Stephen Moses
July 2018
Wolfeboro, NH. Nursery Web Spider, July 14. Credit: Sally Cornwell
July 2018
Andover, VT. “Left the barn exterior light on all night by accident. Found this cecropia moth on the wall the next morning.” Credit: Paul Stumpf
July 2018
Wolfeboro, NH. “Polyphemus moth, a little tattered but still beautiful.” July 8. Credit: Sally Cornwell
July 2018
Plymouth, NH. A bull moose feeding on water lilies. Credit: Eric D'Aleo
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “Partridgeberry flowering on the forest floor.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Hanover, NH. A blue jay knocks a broad-winged hawk off its perch. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
July 2018
Derby, Vermont: “The five centimeter length of this monarch caterpillar suggests that it is in its fifth instar and will pupate soon.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
July 2018
Thetford, VT. Mushroom (probably a Ganoderma species), growing in the Union Village Dam Recreation Area. Credit: Annette Kennedy
July 2018
Hawley Bog, MA. “Late season pitcher plant blossom.” Credit: Pam Landry
July 2018
Post Mills, VT. “Turkeys ‘henning up’ with multiple broods babysat by a single mom.” Credit: Tig Tillinghast
July 2018
Beacon Falls, CT. A bluet damselfly poised on a white water lily. Credit: Sophie Zyla
July 2018
Albany, VT. Chipping sparrow. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
July 2018
Snydertown, PA. A young fawn. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
July 2018
Hermon, ME. “The ‘children’ are growing up fast!” Credit: Ed Baum
July 2018
Bethel, VT. Common wood-nymph butterfly on goldenrod. Wood-nymphs are active now into later summer. Their caterpillars do not feed when they hatch, and instead go into diapause until the following spring. Credit: Ken Hatch
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “Fruit of red baneberry.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Albany, VT. A “small white,” a non-native species, poised by a favorite plant. (It’s also called “small cabbage white”). Credit: Richard Carbonetti
July 2018
Beacon Falls, CT. “Male eastern pondhawk exploring a newly cut patch of Japanese knotweed.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
July 2018
First of two: Albany, VT. A male ruby-throated hummingbird. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
July 2018
Continued: Hummingbirds make their living accessing nectar deep in the wells of some flowers. They’re also fond of sapsucker holes. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
July 2018
Snydertown, PA. It may look like the offspring between a hummingbird and a bee, but this is actually a snowberry clearwing moth, also called a hummingbird moth. It enjoyed time in the photographer’s garden. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
July 2018
South Trescott, ME. “Growing some new horns for the upcoming season.” Credit: Nate Rosebrooks
July 2018
Post Mills, VT. “Female pearl crescent butterfly (left) apparently rejecting male (right) offer to mate by pumping her wings up and down.” Credit: Tig Tillinghast
July 2018
Mount Holly, VT.” Swallowtail on milkweed.” Credit: Glenn Kreig
July 2018
Lyndeborough, NH. “Defensive black swallowtail caterpillar on dill.” This plump worm is in its final instar and looks ready to pupate. Credit: Marcy Stanton
July 2018
Norwich, VT. “American ginseng, found on the Appalachian Trail.” Credit: Nan Peckham
July 2018
Granby, CT. “Cardinal flower found at Kettle Pond in the McLean Game Refuge. Such a brilliant, beautiful red!” Credit: Nan Peckham
July 2018
South Williamsport, PA. “Failure of regeneration in cut-over forests in Pennsylvania can often be attributed to these two – white-tailed deer and hay-scented fern.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “Spruce tips.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Hawley Bog, MA. Bog flora mosaic. Credit: Pam Landry
July 2018
First of two: Plymouth, NH. A common loon defending its territory from an intruder. Credit: Eric D'Aleo
July 2018
Continued: “Loon feeds one of its recently hatched chicks.” Credit: Eric D'Aleo
July 2018
Wolfeboro, NH. Tiny praying mantis found while picking wild blueberries. July 10. Credit: Robin Cornwell
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “Christmas fern revealing its sori.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Dalton, NH. “First Indian pipes emerging from the leaf litter on the forest floor.” Credit: AM Dannis
July 2018
Derby, Vermont: “A monarch egg. There were more monarch butterflies in this one area near the Canadian border than I had seen all summer last year. Many plants had an egg. Good news for monarch recovery!” Credit: Barbara Mackay
July 2018
Snydertown, PA. “This little bear has been gracing my game cameras seven times now since the end of May.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
July 2018
Plymouth, NH. “A red maple leaf shows its fall colors early.” Credit: Eric D'Aleo
July 2018
Bennington, VT. A swallowtail “enjoying a meal of milkweed.” Credit: Bonita Choly
July 2018
Bethel, VT. “Monarch caterpillar eating a milkweed leaf in our field.” Credit: Ken Hatch
July 2018
Wolfeboro, NH. Oak gall. July 7. Credit: Sally Cornwell
July 2018
Berlin State Forest, NY. Male green frog in flooded tire rut with reflections. Credit: Pam Landry
July 2018
Berlin State Forest, NY. Harvestman. Credit: Pam Landry
July 2018
Lyme, NH. A lily extends out over a creek. Credit: Tig Tillinghast

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