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March 2021

Many of your March photos showed winter birds, from crossbills to a blizzard of snow geese. John Snell shared a thermal image of skunk cabbage (a plant that gets an early start by generating its own warmth) and Janet Innes captured a remarkable example of leaf-snow-and-wind found art. Another theme: canine woods companions. Corgis supervised birdbox installment, a Brittany inspected old drill marks in granite, and a lab (or lab mix) discovered a curious line of ice blocks in the woods, formed at the oxbow of the LaPlatte River. Cruiser was back again, cruising timber.

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March 2021 Photo: Anthony Brainerd
Bradford, VT. “Are you looking at me???” A female common redpoll. | Photo: Anthony Brainerd
March 2021 Photo: Bryn Nelson
East Ryegate, VT. “Tapping maple trees in Vermont.” | Photo: Bryn Nelson
March 2021 Photo: Robert Becker
Tewksbury, NJ. “Honey bees survived and out for some willow pollen.” | Photo: Robert Becker
March 2021 Photo: John Snell
Burlington, VT. “Thermal image of skunk cabbage showing a 40F rise in temperature.” | Photo: John Snell
March 2021 Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. An alert doe peers out from the trees. | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
March 2021 Photo: Liz Burrows
Ripton, VT. “Fireside with friends.” | Photo: Liz Burrows
March 2021 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. “A pile of spruce and fir logs ready to be sawn into 1000 board feet of lumber.” | Photo: Gordon Gould
March 2021 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. Jefferson salamander. | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2021 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Franconia, NH. “Ice holding fast on an old beaver pond.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
March 2021 Photo: Tom Hudspeth
Burlington, VT. “Ice blocks, oxbow of LaPlatte River.” | Photo: Tom Hudspeth
March 2021 Photo: Kristin Kearney
Seekonk, MA. “Aptly named - shagbark hickory.” | Photo: Kristin Kearney
March 2021 Photo: Benjamin Wymer
Plum Island, MA. “A small flock of five red crossbills were vigorously breaking into pitch pine cones.” | Photo: Benjamin Wymer
March 2021 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Kleinfeltersville, PA. Snow geese (including a blue morph), photographed at the Middle Creek Waterfowl Management Area. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2021 Photo: Benjamin Wymer
Gilford, New Hampshire. A red-shouldered hawk … scans a wetland for potential prey.” | Photo: Benjamin Wymer
March 2021 Photo: Amy Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. “What???? A burn ban in New York? Until May.” | Photo: Amy Johnson
March 2021 Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. Young raccoons peer out from the shelter of an ice shelf. | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
March 2021 Photo: Ben Haubrich
New Boston, NH. “Hooded mergansers, Starrett Mill Pond.” | Photo: Ben Haubrich
March 2021 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. Spotted salamander. | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2021 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Striped skunk in a hay field.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2021 Photo: Alfred J. Sorensen
Petersham, MA. What you really don’t want to see overhead. “Deadfall.” | Photo: Alfred J. Sorensen
March 2021 Photo: Jennifer Cummings
Akron, NY. “Eastern screech owl basking in the morning sun.” | Photo: Jennifer Cummings
March 2021 Photo: Todd Caron
Stark, NH. “Cruiser takes a break in a red spruce forest while cruising timber in Nash Stream Forest.” | Photo: Todd Caron
March 2021 Photo: Marion Simao
Riverton, CT. “Bottoms up. Geese feeling a bit tipsy on the Farmington River.” | Photo: Marion Simao
March 2021 Photo: Andrew Sheere
Hartland, VT. “A cut to length harvest operation in southern Vermont.” | Photo: Andrew Sheere
March 2021 Photo: Linda
Salisbury, MA. “Visiting red crossbill at Salisbury State Park.” | Photo: Linda
March 2021 Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. “The sap buckets are ready and waiting!” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
March 2021 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Trout Run, PA. “Lovebirds – actually a pair of bald eagles searching for a nest site at Rose Valley Lake.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
March 2021 Photo: Janet Innes
Burlington, CT. “Leaf geometry.” | Photo: Janet Innes
March 2021 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “The killdeer have returned. These three were part of a ‘season’ of six killdeers.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2021 Photo: Pat Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Grey fox getting a drink through hole in stream ice.” | Photo: Pat Liddle
March 2021 Photo: Thomas Wansleben
Cheshire, MA. “Black bear claw marks on white birch.” | Photo: Thomas Wansleben
March 2021 Photo: Esther Cowles
Brookfield, VT. Ruffed grouse tracks. | Photo: Esther Cowles
March 2021 Photo: Sheri Larsen
South Burlington, VT. “Several pine grosbeaks were seen this winter eating berries in South Burlington. This adult female pine grosbeak has a piece of berry sticking out of its mouth.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
March 2021 Photo: Anthony Brainerd
Bradford, VT. “Dancer or Prancer???” | Photo: Anthony Brainerd
March 2021 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “Rainbow halo.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
March 2021 Photo: Liz Burrows
Chittenden, VT. “Beauty is the harvest of presence.” | Photo: Liz Burrows
March 2021 Photo: Sally Cornwell
Brookfield, NH. “Curious porcupine.” | Photo: Sally Cornwell
March 2021 Photo: Benjamin Wymer
Plum Island, MA. “White-throated sparrow foraging in a thicket.” | Photo: Benjamin Wymer
March 2021 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Franconia, NH. “Pushed by the wind to shore, lake ice gathers in the march sun like so many panes of glass.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
March 2021 Photo: Stephen Fox
Concord, NH. “Blending in.” | Photo: Stephen Fox
March 2021 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “Red-breasted nuthatch.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
March 2021 Photo: Sharon Bombard
Williamstown, MA. “Ramps are coming up!!” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
March 2021 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “A busy winter highway.” This was one of three images submitted to the gallery, showing multiple uses of the same trail by people and deer. | Photo: Ed Baum
March 2021 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) buds.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2021 Photo: Jim Smith
Plymouth, MA. “Spirit tree. Black locust tree found in Plymouth woodlands.” | Photo: Jim Smith
March 2021 Photo: Harriet Szanto
Lincoln, VT. “Skunk cabbage coming up with snow still on the ground.” | Photo: Harriet Szanto
March 2021 Photo: Tom Grett
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA. “A blizzard of snow geese. Some of the 100,000 snow geese that migrate through Middle Creek WMA, Pennsylvania.” | Photo: Tom Grett
March 2021 Photo: Janice Tassinari
Richmond, MA. “Post used by a black bear for multiple years. Bite marks and a few tell-tale strands of fur left on the post.” | Photo: Janice Tassinari
March 2021 Photo: Vladimir Burnin
Enfield, NH. “Burrow of an unknown animal.” | Photo: Vladimir Burnin
March 2021 Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “Wood frogs depositing their egg masses.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
March 2021 Photo: Tom Grett
Adirondacks, NY. “My wife Nancy and the corgis heading into the Adirondack forest to hang nest boxes.” | Photo: Tom Grett
March 2021 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “A “glacial erratic” granite boulder with plug drill marks discovered during a hike deep in a mature forest.” | Photo: AM Dannis
March 2021 Photo: Tom Grett
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA. “Beautiful tundra swans migrating through Middle Creek WMA, Pennsylvania.” | Photo: Tom Grett
March 2021 Photo: Linden Rayton
Hopkinton, NH. “This frozen stream pool clearly shows the ice nucleation, and its symmetry, provided by the stick.” | Photo: Linden Rayton
March 2021 Photo: Alex Barrett
Putney, VT. “The unbelievable growth potential of white pine – forester for scale.” | Photo: Alex Barrett
March 2021 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “The “upside-down bird,” the white-breasted nuthatch.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
March 2021 Photo: Janice Tassinari
Windsor, MA. “Porcupine tracks on a sunny winter's day.” | Photo: Janice Tassinari
March 2021 Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
Franconia, NH. An unusual sight: fox sparrows visiting a feeder. | Photo: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
March 2021 Photo: Amy Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. “Very colorful for March.” | Photo: Amy Johnson
March 2021 Photo: Jane MacKugler
Londonderry, VT. “Leucistic chickadee.” | Photo: Jane MacKugler
March 2021 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. A great horned owl, captured on a trail camera. | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
March 2021 Photo: C. J. Frankiewicz
East Clarendon, VT. “A prelude to ‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters.’” | Photo: C. J. Frankiewicz
March 2021 Photo: Liz Burrows
Vergennes, VT. “Birding at Button Bay.” | Photo: Liz Burrows
March 2021 Photo: Janice Tassinari
Otis, MA. Otter slide. “Seeing them always makes me smile.” | Photo: Janice Tassinari
March 2021 Photo: Stephen Fox
Concord, NH. “Is the coast clear?” | Photo: Stephen Fox

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