Your May photos have a strong botanical theme, with a number of close-up images of budding leaves and blossoms. In Vermont, scientists netted and banded migratory songbirds, and in Pennsylvania, a worker at Baillie Lumber Company prepares logs for shipment. Meanwhile, "Pretty Boy Floyd" the turkey strutted his stuff in Maine.
May 2017
Lycoming County, PA. Yellow lady’s slipper at the last known population in the county. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Worcester, MA. “Mid-May spider web laced with pollen.” Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
Poland, ME. Round-lobed hepatica. Credit: Alan Audet
Ashland, ME. “On the go after a long winter of deep snow and blood-sucking ticks, a little break before mosquito season.” Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Thetford, VT. This goldfinch is being fitted with a leg band as part of research by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, vtecostudies.org. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
Continued from previous photo. A male Canada warbler.
Continued from previous photo. Biologist Jason Hill gently removes a flycatcher from a net.
Brattleboro, VT. “A spotted salamander egg clump in a woods road ditch – second year after harvest with an irregular shelterwood reflection.” Credit: Alex Barrett
Canaan, NY. “Jack on its way to the pulpit.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
Worcester, MA. “Spring awakening of a furry fern.” Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
South Williamsport, PA. “Bigtooth aspen seed drifting down on a breezy May day.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Carrying Place Town Township, ME. “Photo taken while trolling for early season brook trout on West Carry Pond.” Credit: Audrey Kalloch
Ore Hill Trail, White Mountains, NH. “Striped maple buds.” Credit: John Gutowski
Readsboro, VT. A pile of what appear to be stripped sticks, most likely the work of a beaver. Credit: Teddy Hopkins
Pembroke, NH. Spring coyote. Credit: Aaron Fitzgerald
Worcester, MA. Odd tree formation. Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
Halifax, VT. “Shadbush blossoms about to pop, May 1.” This early spring blooming tree also goes by several other names, including serviceberry and shadblow. Credit: Diana Todd
First of two in a series: Northern VT. A sugar maple leaf bud, just starting to open. Credit: Barbara Mackay
Continued from previous photo. Sugar maple “flowers and leaves swinging in the breeze.”
Hermon, ME. “Pretty Boy Floyd tries to impress his girlfriends.” Credit: Ed Baum
Woburn, MA. Do you see the chipmunk? Credit: Anna Morrison
Canaan, NY. “Grape leaves seem like flowers when they are just opening.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
Williamsport, PA. “Loading logs for shipment at the Baillie log yard.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Ashland, ME. A young fawn. At this age, it has very little scent, and the doe typically stays away except when nursing in order to avoid attracting predators. Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Sharon, VT. “A streamlet has become a freshet from the recent rains.” Credit: Peter Hollinger
Canaan, NY. This flowering bush goes by many names, including: witch hobble, hobblebush, tangle-legs and moosebush. Credit: Patricia Liddle
Twin Mountain, NH. Early blue cohosh. Credit: John Gutowski
Strafford, VT. Puff! Kids enjoy a patch of puffballs. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
Snydertown, PA. “I was thrilled to see the fisher is still roaming the woods where my game cameras are placed.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
Readsboro, VT. “Is this a sign to keep the ants out…?” Credit: Teddy Hopkins
Thetford, VT. Speaking of ants, here’s one carrying a snack. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
Williamstown, VT. “Yellow-rumped warbler at Staples Pond.” Credit: Mary Jane Grace
Worcester, MA. “Recently injured tree leaking sap.” Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
Halifax, VT. "‘Nature's first green is gold’ – Robert Frost.” Credit: Diana Todd
East Wallingford, VT. A rose-breasted grosbeak, “waiting for room at the feeder.” Credit: Colleen Kube
Snydertown, PA. The photographer’s first bear game camera photo of the year, taken May 7th. Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
Lycoming County, PA. Little Muncy Creek. “Forested watersheds are essential for high-quality streams.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Woodbury, VT. “Turtles in farm pond.” Credit: Mary Jane Grace
Rutland, MA. “Heart of the forest.” Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
Ore Hill Trail, White Mountains, NH. Spring beauty in bloom. Credit: John Gutowski
Snydertown, PA. “A picture is worth 1,000 words. To me this is the perfect picture. This was taken by one of my game cameras one foggy morning.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
Worcester, MA. “Flowers starting to form this year’s crop of blueberries.” Credit: Lisa J. Johnson
North White Deer Ridge, PA. A mid-May bloom: “pinkster azalea is the wild azalea of Pennsylvania's Ridge and Valley area.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Tioga County, PA. “An old stone wall in abandoned fields, now woodland, near Jackson Summit. The upright stones were reportedly to prevent livestock from leaning over the wall and knocking it over.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
Hermon, ME. “Horsetails (Equisetum), without the horses!” Credit: Ed Baum