You submitted an abundance of photos for our July photo gallery – and even after limiting our selections to forest-related images (sorry, garden flowers and sea birds!) we still had too many great shots to choose from – especially of butterflies and mushrooms - so once again, we decided to publish two galleries. In this First Gallery, a crab spider lurks in a flower, a turtle takes its time finding the perfect spot to lay its eggs, and a child finds the perfect place to read a book. Check out the photo series from Sally Cornwell of an adult cicada emerging from a nymphal exoskeleton.
July 2020 - Part One

Waterford, VT. “We watched a painted turtle wander for two hours in search of a nest site. She dug and rejected four test holes in the process before she found the right spot. Then she spent another two and a half hours digging a nest, depositing eggs, and burying them…This is a test hole she dug with her rear legs mostly.” | Photo: Gordon Gould