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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

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Old Lyme, CT. Black-crowned night heron, “on the Back River at mid-tide.” Credit: Harcourt Davis
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Genesee, PA. This handsome fellow is an elderberry borer. Credit: Stephen Moses
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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
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Milton, VT. A male red-winged blackbird. “Beautiful things happen when we open up.” Credit: Angela Myers
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Dalton, NH. “Milkweed starting to bloom.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Genesee, PA. “Hedgehog gall on an oak leaf.” This is the work of a wasp larva, which will emerge in fall. Credit: Stephen Moses
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Wolfeboro, NH. Nursery Web Spider, July 14. Credit: Sally Cornwell
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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
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Wolfeboro, NH. “Polyphemus moth, a little tattered but still beautiful.” July 8. Credit: Sally Cornwell
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Plymouth, NH. A bull moose feeding on water lilies. Credit: Eric D'Aleo
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Dalton, NH. “Partridgeberry flowering on the forest floor.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Hanover, NH. A blue jay knocks a broad-winged hawk off its perch. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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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
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Thetford, VT. Mushroom (probably a Ganoderma species), growing in the Union Village Dam Recreation Area. Credit: Annette Kennedy
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Hawley Bog, MA. “Late season pitcher plant blossom.” Credit: Pam Landry
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Post Mills, VT. “Turkeys ‘henning up’ with multiple broods babysat by a single mom.” Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Beacon Falls, CT. A bluet damselfly poised on a white water lily. Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Albany, VT. Chipping sparrow. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Snydertown, PA. A young fawn. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Hermon, ME. “The ‘children’ are growing up fast!” Credit: Ed Baum
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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
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Dalton, NH. “Fruit of red baneberry.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Albany, VT. A “small white,” a non-native species, poised by a favorite plant. (It’s also called “small cabbage white”). Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Beacon Falls, CT. “Male eastern pondhawk exploring a newly cut patch of Japanese knotweed.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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First of two: Albany, VT. A male ruby-throated hummingbird. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Continued: Hummingbirds make their living accessing nectar deep in the wells of some flowers. They’re also fond of sapsucker holes. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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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
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South Trescott, ME. “Growing some new horns for the upcoming season.” Credit: Nate Rosebrooks
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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
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Mount Holly, VT.” Swallowtail on milkweed.” Credit: Glenn Kreig
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Lyndeborough, NH. “Defensive black swallowtail caterpillar on dill.” This plump worm is in its final instar and looks ready to pupate. Credit: Marcy Stanton
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Norwich, VT. “American ginseng, found on the Appalachian Trail.” Credit: Nan Peckham
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Granby, CT. “Cardinal flower found at Kettle Pond in the McLean Game Refuge. Such a brilliant, beautiful red!” Credit: Nan Peckham
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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
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Dalton, NH. “Spruce tips.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Hawley Bog, MA. Bog flora mosaic. Credit: Pam Landry
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First of two: Plymouth, NH. A common loon defending its territory from an intruder. Credit: Eric D'Aleo
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Continued: “Loon feeds one of its recently hatched chicks.” Credit: Eric D'Aleo
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Wolfeboro, NH. Tiny praying mantis found while picking wild blueberries. July 10. Credit: Robin Cornwell
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Dalton, NH. “Christmas fern revealing its sori.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “First Indian pipes emerging from the leaf litter on the forest floor.” Credit: AM Dannis
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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
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Snydertown, PA. “This little bear has been gracing my game cameras seven times now since the end of May.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Plymouth, NH. “A red maple leaf shows its fall colors early.” Credit: Eric D'Aleo
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Bennington, VT. A swallowtail “enjoying a meal of milkweed.” Credit: Bonita Choly
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Bethel, VT. “Monarch caterpillar eating a milkweed leaf in our field.” Credit: Ken Hatch
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Wolfeboro, NH. Oak gall. July 7. Credit: Sally Cornwell
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Berlin State Forest, NY. Male green frog in flooded tire rut with reflections. Credit: Pam Landry
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Berlin State Forest, NY. Harvestman. Credit: Pam Landry
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Lyme, NH. A lily extends out over a creek. Credit: Tig Tillinghast

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