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March 2020

Turtles and timberdoodles! Your March photos revealed a world waking up (or, in the case of one hard-boiling sugarhouse, firing up). In the southern parts of our reader area, the amphibians were already appearing in vernal pools…while up on Mount Moosilauke, the landscape was still pure yeti. Check out C.J. Frankiewicz’s remarkable albeit gruesome photo of a northern shrike cache.

March 2020 Photo: Paul Arnold
Enfield, NH. “Sugarhouse is hot tonight!” Note the impressive collection of antlers. | Photo: Paul Arnold
March 2020 Photo: Ken Hatch
Lake Runnemede, Windsor, VT. “This is a photo I took of a painted turtle…on March 8th…An interesting thing about this is that the other end of the lake was frozen and there were ice fishermen out on the ice fishing. It was a nice sunny day and around fifty degrees.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
March 2020 Photo: AM Dannis
First of two photos. Dalton, NH. “Timberdoodle (aka American woodcock) yoga.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2020 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) isn't so happy with the fresh spring snow. This too shall pass…” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2020 Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
East Clarendon, VT. “No pulp here. This sawlog is going to the header with the help of the 1961 Farmall 460 and the pre-1988 Farmi winch.” | Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
March 2020 Photo: Nancy Allen
Nordic Heritage Center, Presque Isle, ME. “Five-year old’s first time snowshoeing. We enjoyed a guided tour, roasted marshmallows and hot dogs.” | Photo: Nancy Allen
March 2020 Photo: John Knapp
Oxford, NY. “While trimming an apple tree, I discovered a vireo's nest right at eye level that I never noticed in 2019!” | Photo: John Knapp
March 2020 Photo: Patricia Liddle
East Nassau, NY. “A late snowfall shows the travels of a porcupine.” | Photo: Patricia Liddle
March 2020 Photo: Sally Cornwell
Brookfield, NH. “Cecropia moth cocoon.” | Photo: Sally Cornwell
March 2020 Photo: Paul Handy
Middletown Springs, VT. “Gray fox on the prowl.” | Photo: Paul Handy
March 2020 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Pussy willows just out on a warm end-of-winter day…” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2020 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “One of the peregrine falcons that nests near Williamsport.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
March 2020 Photo: Todd Horn
Mt. Moosilauke, NH. “Summit sculpture garden.” | Photo: Todd Horn
March 2020 Photo: Jeannie Killam
Barnard, VT. “Friendly meadow vole in my woodshed.” | Photo: Jeannie Killam
March 2020 Photo: Mark Raishart
Leicester, VT. “My favorite spot on our property has a great view of the sunset over the Adirondacks and sunrise over the Brandon Gap. I grabbed this photo while in the woods collecting sap buckets.” | Photo: Mark Raishart
March 2020 Photo: Jennifer Edmondson
Willseyville, NY. “Snowy woods road.” | Photo: Jennifer Edmondson
March 2020 Photo: Pam Landry
Petersham, MA. “Wood frog under thin layer of ice in vernal pool. The south corner of the same vernal pool had numerous wood frog egg masses.” | Photo: Pam Landry
March 2020 Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
East Clarendon, VT. “Forgotten northern shrike cache? Was there for a month. Passing coyote may have taken it.” | Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
March 2020 Photo: Carol Krochak
Burke Hollow, VT. “Barred owl watching for red squirrels.” | Photo: Carol Krochak
March 2020 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “Keeping ‘my’ bluebirds supplied with a steady food supply allows them to remain for the winter which, in turn, results in the early claiming the choicest nest sites.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2020 Photo: Matt DeLuca
Eaton, NH. “A magical evening.” | Photo: Matt DeLuca
March 2020 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “A southern flying squirrel captured by a homebrewed camera trap.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
March 2020 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “Wood frogs are one the earliest amphibians to emerge in the spring, migrating en masse into vernal pools to breed.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2020 Photo: Charlotte Reed
Underhill, VT. “Emma (the barred owl) pellet in our back woods.” | Photo: Charlotte Reed
March 2020 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Sculpture inside balsam fir ice drip duplicates the host tree.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2020 Photo: John Knapp
Oxford, NY. “The growth rings of an uprooted oak tree reveal themselves.” | Photo: John Knapp
March 2020 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Chardon, OH. A spotted salamander returns to a vernal pool. | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2020 Photo: Rodney Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. “Yup, a real northern hardwood. A beautiful example of shag bark hickory.” | Photo: Rodney Johnson
March 2020 Photo: Anonymous
Thetford, VT. Parallel play. A boy and his dog investigate some boulders. | Photo: Anonymous
March 2020 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Elysburg, PA. “Polypores, or bracket fungi, on a downed tree in the Roaring Creek Watershed.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2020 Photo: Mark Raishart
Leicester, VT. “Looking north at the Headwaters of Seymour Brook in Leicester. This photo was taken from the top of a beaver dam.” | Photo: Mark Raishart
March 2020 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A porcupine enjoying a morning stroll through the woods.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2020 Photo: Pam Landry
Jackman, ME. “Balsam fir cones.” | Photo: Pam Landry
March 2020 Photo: Mike Thiel
Rye, NH. “Salty…playing 'King of the Firewood Mountain.’” | Photo: Mike Thiel
March 2020 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “Lunch time.” | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
March 2020 Photo: Eric D’Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Parade of hooded mergansers.” | Photo: Eric D’Aleo
March 2020 Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
East Clarendon, VT. “The powerful skidder handles three logs with eight stems.” | Photo: C.J. Frankiewicz
March 2020 Photo: Rodney Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. Burl bear. “Found this baby bear scratching his back shortly after awakening this spring.” | Photo: Rodney Johnson
March 2020 Photo: Ken Hatch
Ferrisburgh, VT. “Here is a photo I took of a ring-billed gull on March 4th at Fort Cassin Road…There was a flock of about 90 of them feeding in a corn field that most of the snow had melted off from.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
March 2020 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Numidia (Newlin), PA. “I came across this pipe cleaner moss while hiking. This is the first time I’ve ever seen it.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2020 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “This eastern phoebe is right on schedule, timing its arrival with the maple sugaring season here in northeast Ohio.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2020 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “I was out for a walk in the woods above our house in Bethel, VT on March 11th and found this and several other sprouting maple seeds.  As you can see the snow had barely melted off it but it is already sending out a sprout to tap into the ground and take root.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
March 2020 Photo: Paul Handy
Middletown Springs, VT. “Spike.” | Photo: Paul Handy
March 2020 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “This piebald buck (minus his antlers currently) is frequently seen in my friend's woods.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2020 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “A male red-winged blackbird recently arrived to claim a breeding territory.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
March 2020 Photo: Ken Hatch
Bethel, VT. “March 24, 2020, nine inches of snow this morning. The biggest snowstorm this year and an American Robin came to visit.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
March 2020 Photo: Jennifer Edmondson
Willseyville, NY. “Moss on lonely log.” | Photo: Jennifer Edmondson
March 2020 Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Crocus defying the last snowstorm.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
March 2020 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “A tangle of hoarfrost on wild blackberry cane.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2020 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. Witch's butter. | Photo: Tig Tillinghast

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