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June 2019

Leaping lady’s slippers! In June, a favorite photo subject was early summer wildflowers. Baby moose and fisher kits followed their mothers, a young fawn rested in the tall grass, and heron chicks welcomed a parent’s return. Another favorite subject this month: evocative landscapes, ranging from a sublime valley in Cambridge, Vermont, to an eerie “bent forest” in Newfoundland. This summer’s prize for best dressed insect goes to: the rosy maple moth.

June 2019 Photo: Lonnie S Jandreau
Ashland, ME. A hummingbird in twilight silhouette, “feeding before bedtime.” | Photo: Lonnie S Jandreau
June 2019 Photo: Arthur Tenan
Cherryfield, ME. A painted trillium, discovered near Lower Sabago Lake Campground. | Photo: Arthur Tenan
June 2019 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “This is the first time I've been fortunate enough to see momma fisher with two kits.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2019 Photo: Paul Getchell
Center Conway, NH. 4,300' elev., Mt. Washington, NH These showy young spruce cones stood out from all the rest up in the krummholz. | Photo: Paul Getchell
June 2019 Photo: Karen Downs
Hermon, ME. A painted turtle on asphalt – demonstrating how easy it is to overlook these creatures as they make road crossings. | Photo: Karen Downs
June 2019 Photo: Jill Herrick-Lee
Hartland, VT. Lady’s slippers at the Eshqua Bog. | Photo: Jill Herrick-Lee
June 2019 Photo: Ed Baum
Carmel, ME. Eastern tiger swallowtails “puddling.” They’re likely collecting salt or other nutrients. Here’s an article by Susan Shea, explaining puddling behavior. https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/butterflies-bar. | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2019 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lycoming County, PA. “Fishing in Muncy Creek.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2019 Photo: Patricia J Liddle
South Williamstown, MA. Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polyporpha) in a field. | Photo: Patricia J Liddle
June 2019 Photo: Rob Reiber
Lincoln, VT. “I nearly tripped over this. Now, will watch from afar.” | Photo: Rob Reiber
June 2019 Photo: Penelope Harris
Cambridge, VT. “Nature has a reason for everything. A perfect June day.” | Photo: Penelope Harris
June 2019 Photo: Todd Caron
Odell, NH. “Remember Cruiser the puppy from April?” Here’s the pup at four months, enjoying the Nash Stream Forest. | Photo: Todd Caron
June 2019 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “Highbush cranberries are blooming in June.” | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2019 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. Parent tree swallows almost collide as one brings food to the young and the other removes a fecal sac. To learn more about the little white sacs, see this blog post. https://northernwoodlands.org/editors_blog/article/little-white-sac-discovery | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
June 2019 Photo: Arthur Tenan
Cherryfield, ME. “Frost on the laurel.” | Photo: Arthur Tenan
June 2019 Photo: Sue March
Marcellus, NY. “Killdeer Nest in parking lot, with the female off doing her distress act.” | Photo: Sue March
June 2019 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Momma moose and her two calves in an old beaver pond. A good choice for a hot day!” | Photo: AM Dannis
June 2019 Photo: Paul Getchell
Center Conway, NH. “June 5, 4,300' elev., Mt. Washington, NH.” | Photo: Paul Getchell
June 2019 Photo: Laurie D. Morrissey
Hopkinton, NH. Writer Laurie Morrissey recently contributed this essay to our Outside Story series. https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/lovely-lupines. Here’s her photo of wild lupine growing in the Concord, New Hampshire pine/scrub oak barrens. She notes, “it is the only food of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly caterpillar.” | Photo: Laurie D. Morrissey
June 2019 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. A patch of pink moccasin lady’s slippers, as well as white ones (same species). | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2019 Photo: Patricia Gould
Waterford, VT. “A view of New Hampshire’s Northern Presidentials on a quiet cloudy day from across Cherry Pond In the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge.” | Photo: Patricia Gould
June 2019 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. An eastern fence lizard. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2019 Photo: Jill Herrick-Lee
Georgia, VT. “Chipping Sparrow nest.” | Photo: Jill Herrick-Lee
June 2019 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda).” | Photo: AM Dannis
June 2019 Photo: Barb Regan
First of three photos. Wilmington, OH. “Mama’s home.” Blue herons often raise their young in clusters of nests called rookeries. You can learn more about heron family life here. [https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/great-blue-herons] | Photo: Barb Regan
June 2019 Photo: Barb Regan
Continued. Wilmington, OH. “Breakfast is served.” | Photo: Barb Regan
June 2019 Photo: Barb Regan
Continued. Wilmington, OH. “Breakfast is served #2.” | Photo: Barb Regan
June 2019 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Newly sprouting eastern larch (Larix laricina) cone.” This tree is also called American larch, tamarack, and hackmatack, among other names. | Photo: AM Dannis
June 2019 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Watkins Glen State Park, NY. “A view from the gorge while hiking Watkins Glen.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2019 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Watkins Glen State Park, NY. “This is the first Jack in the Pulpit that I've seen in many, many years.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
June 2019 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Black bear working on the power lines -- removing vegetation and buffing up the poles. Seriously, they use the poles as marking posts!” | Photo: AM Dannis
June 2019 Photo: Patricia J Liddle
East Nassau, NY. One-flowered cancer-root or one-flowered broomrape, a parasitic plant, “photographed in early June in the Albert Family Forest.” | Photo: Patricia J Liddle
June 2019 Photo: Alex Barrett
Brownsville, VT. “Two young woodcocks.” | Photo: Alex Barrett
June 2019 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Cardinal fledgling makes a soft landing in the garden.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
June 2019 Photo: Arthur Tenan
Cherryfield, ME. “Sunset, Lower Sabago Lake.” | Photo: Arthur Tenan
June 2019 Photo: Arthur Tenan
Cherryfield, ME. “Foggy morning sunrise.” | Photo: Arthur Tenan
June 2019 Photo: Barbara Mackay
Jay, VT: “Looking west at the US-Canada border swath from the northern terminus of the Long Trail. The Missisquoi River Valley is to the left of the line, the Sutton Mountains of Quebec to the right.” | Photo: Barbara Mackay
June 2019 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Lady's slipper bloom in afternoon light.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
June 2019 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. Get off my lawn! This irate male American redstart spent a day fussing at anyone passed within twenty feet of his favorite tree. | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
June 2019 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
La Manche, Newfoundland. “3 Steps to Nowhere - Front steps are all that remains of a building in the village of La Manche, Newfoundland. The village was destroyed in a winter storm in 1966.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
June 2019 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
East Coast Trail, Newfoundland.” A bent forest of balsam fir.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
June 2019 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “Big snapping turtle, big rock.” | Photo: Ed Baum
June 2019 Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
Union, CT. An especially long-necked patch of pink moccasin lady’s slippers. | Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
June 2019 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Mountain laurel, Pennsylvania's state flower, blooms in June wherever the soils are dry and acidic.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
June 2019 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. A child holds an oak apple wasp gall, one of the many small wonders of the summer woods. | Photo: Tig Tillinghast

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