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June 2017

Your June photos showed brightly colored pollinators and blossoms. There were also more cryptic woodland wonders, including newborn fawns in hiding, a shy turtle, and a porcupine ascending into the canopy. Three contributors from as many states documented various stages of wood production, from timber harvest to milling and sorting lumber.

We’re now on the hunt for July 2017 photos. We encourage you to share images about anything that relates to the Northeast’s forests, and that you take this month. Here are examples – but by no means an exclusive list – of photo topics that fit this category: nature, weather, education activities (any age), forest management/logging, recreation, wood manufacture, art, workshops, and events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

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South Williamsport, PA. “Tulip poplar are aptly named since both the leaves and flowers resemble the tulips that grow in so many gardens.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Marlboro, VT. “Shelterwood in sugar maple and oak.” Credit: A. Barrett
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Woodstock, VT. A honeybee gathering pollen from an alternate-leaf dogwood. Credit: Jen Danly
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Mud Pond Trail, Jefferson, NH. Eastern garter snake. Credit: John Gutowski
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Allenwood, PA. “Most white-tailed deer fawns in Pennsylvania are born during the last week of May and the first two weeks of June.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Constantia, NY. “Candles in the pines.” Credit: Linda Reed
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Piscataquis County, ME. Spruce grouse observed in the Telos area. Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau
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Westminster, VT. “Long View forester Alex Barrett waist-deep in beautiful sugar maple regeneration.” Credit: Andy Sheere
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Mud Pond Trail, Jefferson, NH. “A cloud of dandelion seeds.” Credit: John Gutowski
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Bradford County, PA. “This pasture rose was found blooming in a fencerow between woodland and an abandoned field.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Liberty Corners, PA. “Swamp beacons (also known as matchstick fungus) are small fungi only found in wetlands where they decompose fallen leaves and needles. These were found in a hemlock-dominated, wooded wetland.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Colchester, VT. “A deer shedding its winter coat seems to pose for a Saint Michael’s College student researcher’s trail camera.” Credit: Jade Jarvis and Alyssa Valentyn
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Dalton, MA. Norway spruce cones. Credit: Dicken Crane
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Dalton, MA. Norway spruce cone and flowers. Credit: Dicken Crane
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Readsboro, VT. One of the largest ash trees in Bennington County, according to the former county forester. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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South Williamsport, PA. “Aspen is gradually returning an old pasture to forest on a farm in northern Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Wellsboro, PA. “Preparing to saw a butternut log at Irion Lumber Company.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Wellsboro, PA. “Sorting lumber at the Irion Lumber Company. Irion Lumber specializes in wide and figured material for cabinetmakers and other specialists.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Limington, ME. Green frog. Credit: Molly
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Snydertown, PA. A great spangled fritillary on butterfly weed. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Buckland, MA. “Porcupine up in a tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Buckland, MA. “This deer was standing so still…” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Buckland, MA. “Black bear on fallen tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Snydertown, PA. This coyote appears to be grinning. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. An eastern tiger swallowtail on yellow butterfly weed. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Loyalsock State Forest, Sullivan County, PA. Dutchman Falls, located near the eastern end of the 59-mile Loyalsock Trail. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Thetford, VT. A monarch butterfly egg, twelve hours after it was laid. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Big Indian Pond, St. Albans, ME. “This great blue heron sure could use some meat on those bones!” Credit: Ed Baum
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Waterford, VT. Luna moth along the side of a skid trail. Credit: Gordon Gound
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Albany, VT. Ruffed grouse nest. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Southbury, CT. “Brewster's warbler, a blue-winged x golden-winged hybrid caught at a bird banding station in Southbury, CT.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Adirondack Mountains, NY. “This xystodesmid millipede was a nice surprise at a great waterfall on a woodland hike.” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Beacon Falls, CT. “My first time seeing a Chinese mantid just after leaving the ootheca on June 13, 2017 in my yard!” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Pointe-Fortune, QC. Robin nestlings. Credit: Natasha Watson
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Canaan, NY. Common cattail flower. Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Canaan, NY. Flowers of a northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera). Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Cherryfield, ME. “This female snapping turtle crept out of the West Branch of the Narraguagus River in search of a place to lay eggs on June 14, 2017. She spent several hours after I took this photograph digging her hole and laying her eggs.” Credit: Hazel Stark
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Readsboro, VT. “Not a very photogenic turtle.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Waterford, VT. A newborn fawn hiding in the open. Credit: Gordon Gould
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Fresh Pond Pine Grove, Cambridge, MA. “This great horned owl was perched near the top of a pine tree.” Credit: Donna Hollinger
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Cornish, ME. A young northern water snake. Credit: Molly
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Cornish, ME. Gray tree frog. Credit: Molly
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Norwich, VT. “Male oriole in crabapple tree.” Credit: Donna Hollinger
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Lyons, NY. “Newborn fawn beside a country road.” Credit: Susan Clark
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Buckland, MA. “River otter eating a crayfish.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Nottingham, NH. A nest (most likely a yellow-throated warbler nest) discovered in a wetland. Credit: Emily
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Lempster, NH. Mushrooms and lichen. Credit: Sue Lichty
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Hermon, ME. A pair of immature double-crested cormorants. Credit: Ed Baum
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Worcester, MA. Black locust blossoms frame a lake scene. An Appalachian species, this tree was prized by New Englanders for its rot-resistant wood and now grows wild across the Northeast. Credit: Lisa Johnson
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Snydertown, PA. “I am always excited to see Indian pipes in the woods while hiking!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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White River Junction, VT. June hailstorm. Credit: Karen Dean
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Lempster, NH. “Sheep creep” near the summit of Silver Mountain. Credit: Sue Lichty
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Hermon, ME. A bald eagle keeps a sharp eye on his territory. Credit: Ed Baum
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Worcester, MA. Blue sky and cattails. Credit: Lisa Johnson
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White River Junction, VT. A double-rainbow sky. Credit: Karen Dean

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