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March 2016

Swarming stoneflies and salamanders! Your March photos revealed early harbingers of spring.  Maple sap flowed, woodcocks danced, and frost heaves popped up along the roads. What’s the spring special at the Eagle and Coyote Restaurant?  Thawed beaver with a side of surveyor tape.

We’re now on the hunt for April 2016 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, events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

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Groton, VT: This photo of an otter was taken at Seyon Lodge State Park. Credit: Tiffany Soukup
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Troy, VT: “Sap being released into a collecting tank.” Credit: Barb Mackay
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Barre, VT: Is it spring yet? A woodchuck peers out of a hollow log on a sunny March morning. Credit: Austin Doolen
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First of two, Thetford, Vermont: A male woodcock, in between aerial courtship displays. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Continued: A male woodcock, probably the same bird as in the first photo, tries to impress a female by raising his wings. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Adirondacks, NY: These stoneflies appeared on the banks of the Saranac river. “The place was crawling with them!” Credit: Karen Racette
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Bristol, VT: Syrup produced at Little Hogback Farm, featuring Audubon Vermont’s “bird-friendly” maple label. Credit: Nathan Gobes
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Berlin, VT: The photographer found these tracks along a railroad in early March. Our best guess is that they belong to a woodchuck. Credit: Mimi Kulp
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Lempster, NH: Good cache, or just a good catch? Credit: Susan Elizabeth Lichty
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Whitingham, VT: A sure sign of spring. Frost heaves, and frost heave signs, emerge along rural roads. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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First of two photos. North Conway, NH: A view of Artist Brook. Credit: Kevin Macmillan
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Continued: Another beautiful view of Artist Brook. Credit: Kevin Macmillan
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Franconia Notch, NH: A chickadee action shot. Notice the sunflower seed in its beak. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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Undisclosed Kitchen, NY: “Maybe this photo will get someone to fire up the griddle. This is what all that hard work in the woods is all about!” Credit: Donald Wharton
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Unity, NH: Copeland brook in full spring torrent. Credit: Susan Elizabeth Lichty
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Seyon Lodge State Park, VT: “The photo was taken during a walk that we were taking on March 5, 2016.” Credit: Laura Kessler
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Whitefield, ME: Ice and oak leaves on Musquash Pond. Credit: Tony Marple
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Fairlee, VT: Surprising scat. “Whatever possessed a coyote to eat surveyor flagging?” Credit: David Matthews
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Taftsville, VT: “Cedar waxwings feeding on last season’s crab apples.” Credit: Amie Schiller
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Lempster, NH: A lichen bouquet on Silver Mountain. Credit: Susan Elizabeth Lichty
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Goshen, NH: Ice and clear water at Gunnison Brook. Credit: Susan Elizabeth Lichty
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Lempster, NH: Maple sap in a collection tank is transferred to a second container on board a truck. It will be transported to a sugarhouse. Credit: Susan Elizabeth Lichy
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Baxter State Park, ME: Fresh moose incisor markings on mountain ash on South Branch Mountain. Credit: Annie Socci
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Thetford, VT: A game camera shot of a bobcat, making its way along a stone wall. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Berlin, VT: A river otter slide beside the Dog River. Credit: Mimi Kulp
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Beacon Falls, CT: Spotted salamanders at Matthies Park. “I have studied the amphibians in the vernal pools of this area for 3 years and they always amaze me!” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Readsboro, VT: The site of the old Bishop sawmill along the south branch of the Deerfield River. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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West Hartford, VT: A dead beaver provides a supersized meal for a mature bald eagle. Credit: Yvonne Stone
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Readsboro, VT: Reflections in the water. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Northeast: This photo was submitted in response to our recent Outside Story article on needle ice (see: http://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/needle-ice) . Credit: Stephen Schulz

Submit Your Photos to the Reader Gallery

We’re always thrilled to see what’s happening in the Northeast through your eyes. Each season, we feature approximately 50 reader-submitted images in our online gallery. To be considered, please send us photos taken within the past month.

You may submit up to three photos per person. While we can’t publish every submission, we carefully consider each one.

When reviewing submissions, we look for:

  • A variety of topics and subjects
  • High-quality, well-composed images
  • Good resolution (prefer images at least 1000 pixels on the longer edge)
  • Geographic diversity across the region

Before submitting, please read and agree to the terms and conditions below. These give Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your image isn’t selected for the gallery but we’d like to feature it elsewhere, we’ll reach out to you.

Having trouble submitting? You can also email your photo(s) and caption(s) to: Nancy (at) northernwoodlands.org. Please use the subject line: Reader Photo Submission. And don’t forget to confirm in your email that you’ve read and agreed to our terms and conditions.

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