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March 31st, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

March 2017

Your March photos captured images of often elusive creatures: a great grey owl, an otter popping up from under the ice, and - just in time for April 1 - the legendary North Woods kiwi bird. From Connecticut, Harcourt Davis contributed two beautiful photographs of waterfowl, and Maureen Dewire shared a great photo from New Hampshire of Bohemian waxwings feasting on crabapples. Do you see the bird silhouette in that log?

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

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Ashland, ME. Snowshoe hare. Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau
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Morrisville, VT. “Sugarwood pile.” Credit: Jake Barbour
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Old Saybrook, CT. “Greater scaup on the lower Connecticut River…after the snow storm.” Credit: Harcourt Davis
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North Conway, NH. “Below Artist Falls.” Credi: Kevin MacMillan
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Newport, NH. “Watcher in the Woods. I took this image on 3/9/17 of an uncommon visitor from the north, the great gray owl which was watched in awe by many visitors to Newport..” Credit: Sophie Zyla
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Westfield, VT. “A shin-high trail register reveals a respectable snow depth for late March. This trail is heading up Jay Peak from Route 242. Trail markers were knee-to-thigh-high all the way.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
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Buckland, MA. “A river otter briefly surfaces to take in a snack.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Brattleboro, VT. “On March 4th, high winds helped bring down twigs and limbs, straggling beech leaves, and this reminder of hemlock woolly adelgid.” Credit: Dan Healey
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New London, NH. “A flock of bohemian waxwings descended upon a crabapple tree, making short work of the remaining berries.” Credit: Maureen Dewire
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Italy Valley, NY. “Sap dripping in a tank.” Credit: Samantha Wolf
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Snydertown, PA. An unusual looking deer. “The game camera is on a piece of property that a dear friend lets me use. Seeing this picture just made my day!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Brattleboro, VT: “Red pine crowns have closed back in since a thinning decades ago. Time for more work.” Credit: Dan Healey
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Guilford, VT. A northern saw-whet owl, “about ten inches from tip to tail.” Credit: Andrew Sheere, Long View Forest
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Westmore, VT. “A winter scene on the day before Spring. Above a snow-covered Lake Willoughby, there are unseen ice climbers scaling Mt. Pisgah's steepest cliffs.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
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Washington, MA. “Winter toll on this moose in Washington.” Credit: David Ellis
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Halifax, VT. “Enjoying the late winter woods on the ides of March.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Whitefield, ME. “Shadows and snow” in late March. Credit: Cory Stafford
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North Hero, VT. This flicker “arrived during an unusually warm spell. I hope it made it through the blizzard that came a few days later.” Credit: Mary Jane Grace
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Northern VT. “If you need a spring pick-me-up, stick a budded maple branch in a glass of water. A week later the delicate flowers should burst open, brightening the last days of winter.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
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Pitman, NJ. Red-tailed hawk. Credit: Anthony Pitale
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Hermon, ME. “Talking turkey on a sunny day in March.” Credit: Ed Baum
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North Conway, NH. “Artist Brook through the trees.” Credit: Kevin MacMillan
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Mount Holly, VT. “Looking for food after storm.” Credit: Glenn Kreig
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Sterling, MA. “Bent icicles.” Credit: Gerald Nelson
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Buckland, MA. “Fuzzy cattails - the fluff has been blowing around for the last few weeks.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Newport, NH. “A great grey owl soaks up the sun on a cold winter morning.” Credit: Maureen Dewire
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Waterford, VT. “Sugaring time.” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Milford, CT. “Here is a picture of a cut log I saw out on the trail with decay in the shape of a bird.” Credit: Merritt Brainard
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Readsboro, VT. “Metal flower basket during ice storm.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Snydertown, PA. “Taking an afternoon rest one week after our area’s 26-inch snow. I think they are glad the snow is almost gone!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Old Lyme, CT. An early morning view of a hooded merganser on the Lieutenant River. Credit: Harcourt Davis
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Weston, CT. A view of the Suagatuck Reservoir. Credit: Merritt Brainard
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Rangeley Lake, ME. According to the photographer, this image documents “the uncommon North Woods kiwi bird.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Buckland, MA. “Barred owl on a gray and rainy day.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Italy Valley, NY. “Sap runs while the forest reflects.” Credit: Samantha Wolf

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