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July 2020 - Part One

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.

View July Reader Photo Gallery Part Two

July 2020 - Part One Photo: Jennifer Cummings
Akron, NY. Red fox. | Photo: Jennifer Cummings
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Krista Meyerhoff
Lyme, NH. Virginia ctenucha moth. | Photo: Krista Meyerhoff
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Cindy Morin
Pownal, ME. A discovery in the high-bush blueberries. “Of course the berries near it remain unpicked.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sally Cornwell
First of three. Brookfield, NH. These images show an adult cicada emerging from its nymphal exoskeleton. | Photo: Sally Cornwell
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sally Cornwell
Continued. Brookfield, NH. Cicada metamorphosis. | Photo: Sally Cornwell
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sally Cornwell
Continued. Brookfield, NH. Cicada metamorphosis. | Photo: Sally Cornwell
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. A small milkweed bug. It feeds on the plant’s nectar and seeds. | Photo: Ross Lanius
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Bill Dooley
Portland, ME. A tiger swallowtail butterfly, “soaking up some sun at Capisic Pond in Portland.” | Photo: Bill Dooley
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. A doe and three fawns. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Caroline Tricker
Stowe, VT. A Baltimore checkerspot. | Photo: Caroline Tricker
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Swamp milkweed is found in wet areas and is food for a host of butterflies.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Cindy Eves-Thomas
Saint Albans, ME. New life under the day lilies. | Photo: Cindy Eves-Thomas
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Cindy Morin
Pownal, ME. “A gray tree frog that disguised itself by turning green to blend in with the pepper leaf.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Deb Clough
Wells, ME. “Deer at Rachel Carson Wildlife Preserve in Maine.” | Photo: Deb Clough
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Emery Gluck
Cockaponset State Forest, Haddam CT. “Wood lily and oak seedlings after a successful shelterwood harvest.” | Photo: Emery Gluck
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Gordon Gould
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
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Irina Burnina
New London, NH. “Pitcher plant in Philbrick-Cricenti bog.” | Photo: Irina Burnina
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Jen Danly
Woodstock, VT. “Tricolored bumblebees are among the many native pollinators visiting the garden this month.” | Photo: Jen Danly
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Jennifer Cummings
Basom, NY. “Great blue heron looking for lunch.” | Photo: Jennifer Cummings
July 2020 - Part One Photo: John Blaser
Adirondacks, NY. “Among the grasses on the Cedar River Flow.” | Photo: John Blaser
July 2020 - Part One Photo: John Snell
Montpelier, VT. “Flowers of American chestnut, a 15-year-old tree.” | Photo: John Snell
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Anonymous
Central VT. “The perfect place to read a book.” | Photo: Anonymous
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Jory Curran
Underhill, VT. “Rainbow in front of Mount Mansfield.” | Photo: Jory Curran
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Judy Macomber
Jay, ME. “Hummingbird and hosta plants in a nearby pine and spruce stand.” | Photo: Judy Macomber
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Karen Dean
Pittsburg, NH. “Morning kayak on East Inlet.” | Photo: Karen Dean
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Margie Manthey
Marietta, NY. An Osmoderma beetle, probably a hermit beetle (also called a hermit flower beetle). “A little freaky but completely harmless.” | Photo: Margie Manthey
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Ron Becker
Highland Forest, Onondaga County, NY. “Tiger Swallowtail nectaring on knapweed.” | Photo: Ron Becker
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Ross Lanius
Hamden, CT. “Juvenile blue heron about to land.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Holt Thrasher
Greenwich, CT. An American bullfrog. | Photo: Holt Thrasher
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Elimspot, PA. “Pearl crescents are common small butterflies of the northeast; this one was on a retired haul road feeding on daisy fleabane.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sandi Fasnacht
Schoeneck, PA. A snowberry clearwing, aka “hummingbird moth.” | Photo: Sandi Fasnacht
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sheri Larsen
Preston Pond Conservation Area, Bolton, VT. American Caesar’s mushroom. | Photo: Sheri Larsen
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sheri Larsen
Rangeley Lake, ME. American bullfrog. | Photo: Sheri Larsen
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Theodore C LaMontagne
Thetford Center, VT. “It took 45 minutes for this 26 to 28' garter snake to swallow this toad. I was surprised it could do it.” | Photo: Theodore C LaMontagne
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Tracy Rice
West Leyden, NY. “Tried and true: Both my brother and the stone wall we were staking.” | Photo: Tracy Rice
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Tracy Rice
West Leyden, NY. “Property staking with my brother: First line requires good balance crossing the beaver dam.” | Photo: Tracy Rice
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Tracy Rice
West Leyden, NY. Beaver sculpture. “Best tooth filing trunk EVER!” | Photo: Tracy Rice
July 2020 - Part One Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “The bears, deer, wild turkeys (and of course the squirrels and chipmunks) are salivating over all the acorns coming this year!” | Photo: AM Dannis
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Sheri Larsen
Swanton, VT. “Banded immature bald eagle near mouth of the Missisquoi River.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
July 2020 - Part One Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “A happy little bolete in the moss.” | Photo: AM Dannis
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Caroline Tricker
Stowe, VT. Great spangled fritillary. | Photo: Caroline Tricker
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Frank Gorga
First of three. Gregg Lake, Antrim NH. Lancet Clubtail (male). | Photo: Frank Gorga
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Frank Gorga
Continued. Gregg Lake, Antrim NH. Eastern Forktail (female). | Photo: Frank Gorga
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Frank Gorga
Continued. Gregg Lake, Antrim NH. Eastern Forktail (male). | Photo: Frank Gorga
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Pam Landry
Petersham, MA. “Crab spider on black-eyed Susan.” | Photo: Pam Landry
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Anonymous
Thetford Center, VT. Porcupine quills in tree – evidence of a battle? | Photo: Anonymous
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Harriet Szanto
Lincoln, VT. A common wood-nymph. | Photo: Harriet Szanto
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH “A swamp darner oviposits in a damp log aside a vernal pool.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
July 2020 - Part One Photo: Deb Clough
Grafton, NH. “Great golden digger wasp.” Crickets and katydids are common prey. | Photo: Deb Clough
July 2020 - Part One Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “When Mom says it's time to go IT'S TIME TO GO!” -- Wild Turkey hen and poults. | Photo: AM Dannis

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