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December 14th, 2023 Reader Photo Gallery

November 2023

Your November photos included early ice formations, porcupines, and colorful autumnal skies. At a high school in the Bronx, New York, Lawrence Culleton captured an image of a red-tailed hawk on a perch, while up in Appleton, Maine, Lillie Vitelli found a pinecone-stuffed log - likely the work of a red squirrel. Check out Chelsea Haskell’s photo of an albino porcupine in Alton, New Hampshire.

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November 2023 Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “Am I the only one who thinks porcupines are very underappreciated for their cuteness?” | Photo: Richard Philben
November 2023 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Opening a new Presidential Range view on Dalton Mountain.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
November 2023 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Pretty pink earth lichen.” A neat find: despite their mushroomy looks, these are the fruiting bodies of the lichen Dibaeis baeomyces. | Photo: Susan Lichty
November 2023 Photo: Lawrence Culleton
Bronx, NY. “Scaffold Bronx High School.” A red-tailed hawk. | Photo: Lawrence Culleton
November 2023 Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
Hardwick, MA. "An ice curtain.” | Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
November 2023 Photo: Christy Butler
Killington, VT. “Thunder Brook Falls-Lower. Located on the AT Trail.” | Photo: Christy Butler
November 2023 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “In a closeup of a single red oak leaf can be seen the seasonal transition from autumn to winter.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
November 2023 Photo: Ross Lanius
Hamden, CT. “With the leaves fallen you can see the resident eagles perched and searching.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
November 2023 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Williston, VT. “This young buck survived Vermont’s deer season.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
November 2023 Photo: Stephen Fox
Canterbury, NH. Bracket fungus on fallen log. | Photo: Stephen Fox
November 2023 Photo: Igor Zlokarnik
Lincoln, NH. “Needle ice early in the morning.” | Photo: Igor Zlokarnik
November 2023 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Soft snow morsel.” A tiny snowball on a bed of moss and goldthread. | Photo: Susan Lichty
November 2023 Photo: Hale Morrell
Hartland, VT. “Counting growth rings on an oak log at the landing.” | Photo: Hale Morrell
November 2023 Photo: Ken Hatch
Hanover, NH. “A pair of hooded mergansers on Mink Brook.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
November 2023 Photo: Steven Arcone
First of three in a series. West Lebanon, NH. “First pond freeze on 13 November. By noon the new ice blades were covered with melt lined with capillary fringes.” (Editor’s note: see our Autumn 2023 magazine for a photo series by Arcone, explaining early ice formations.) | Photo: Steven Arcone
November 2023 Photo: Steven Arcone
West Lebanon, NH. “First pond freeze on 13 November. Ice blades, situated over leaves, lasted but a few hours before melt formed with intricate networks of capillary fringes.” | Photo: Steven Arcone
November 2023 Photo: Steven Arcone
West Lebanon, NH. “First pond freeze on 13 November. Ice blades, seeded by the bent over branch, were melting by noon leaving capillary fringes and unusual ice nubs.” | Photo: Steven Arcone
November 2023 Photo: Leif Tillotson
Georgia, VT. Light and water study, Lake Champlain. | Photo: Leif Tillotson
November 2023 Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Tenants Harbor, ME. “Milkweed - future present past.” | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
November 2023 Photo: Lillie Vitelli
Appleton, ME. “Found this stuffed log not far from our house - loaded down the center and both sides - a banner year for pine cones around here!” | Photo: Lillie Vitelli
November 2023 Photo: Chelsea Haskell
Alton, NH. “Albino porcupine in New Hampshire.” | Photo: Chelsea Haskell
November 2023 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “A lovely array of turkey tails.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
November 2023 Photo: Stephen Fox
Canterbury, NH. “Early November sky revealed after leaf fall.” | Photo: Stephen Fox
November 2023 Photo: Ken Hatch
Woodstock, VT. “Ash logs harvested using horses along the carriage roads of Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, Vermont. On the morning I took this photo we bought a Vermont Standard newspaper which had an article about the emerald ash borer being found this fall in ash trees by a parking lot near the National Park.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
November 2023 Photo: Mollie Babize
Ashfield, MA. “Pipsissewa poking through oak and beech leaves at Bear River.” Another name for this plant is striped wintergreen. | Photo: Mollie Babize
November 2023 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “The most colorful of our year-round resident birds, the planter of acorns: the blue jay.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
November 2023 Photo: Michael V. Wilson
Otego, NY. “Autumn in upstate New York.” | Photo: Michael V. Wilson
November 2023 Photo: Anonymous
Strafford, VT. “Grouse point.” | Photo: Anonymous
November 2023 Photo: David Porter
Brooklin, ME. “Phallus duplicatus, the veiled stinkhorn, in a pile of woodchips in its fragrant(!) stage.” | Photo: David Porter
November 2023 Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Tenants Harbor, ME. Beaver lodge. | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
November 2023 Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Cotton grass growing on a bog.” | Photo: Tom Grett
November 2023 Photo: Matthew DeLuca
West Stockbridge, MA. “A hunter’s tree stand in a big old hemlock.” | Photo: Matthew DeLuca
November 2023 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “Yellow fairy cups amidst the delicate fern moss.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
November 2023 Photo: Christy Butler
Dummerston, VT. “A wet and rainy season has many waterfalls flowing nicely. This is usually a seasonable, roadside falls on Route-30 north of Brattleboro.” | Photo: Christy Butler
November 2023 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Probably the most common native bird in Pennsylvania and most of the Northeast, the song sparrow.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
November 2023 Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “We are so fortunate to have whippoorwills at our cabin in the northern Adirondacks and here is a whippoorwill feather. We love hearing them sing every evening at dusk.” | Photo: Tom Grett
November 2023 Photo: Matthew DeLuca
West Stockbridge, MA. “The Williams River.” | Photo: Matthew DeLuca
November 2023 Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
Hardwick, MA. “One if by land - British soldier lichen.” | Photo: Nate Rosebrooks
November 2023 Photo: Ken Hatch
Hanover, NH. “My wife Debbie on a new bridge which is supported by one very large log over Mink Brook.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
November 2023 Photo: Susan Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Scary shadow.” | Photo: Susan Lichty
November 2023 Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Franconia, NH. “Beautiful ice forming on a rock outcrop.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
November 2023 Photo: Judy Sweet
Buckland, MA. The photographer discovered this cluster of cinnabar polypore in early November. | Photo: Judy Sweet
November 2023 Photo: Hale Morrell
Hartland, VT. “Foresters counting growth rings on an ash stump.” | Photo: Hale Morrell
November 2023 Photo: Katie
State College, PA. “New life - baby pine tree.” | Photo: Katie
November 2023 Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “Beautiful autumn sunrise.” | Photo: Richard Philben
November 2023 Photo: Stephen Fox
Canterbury, NH. “Burl forming around trail marker on white oak. Look closely to discern the face of an Ent on the upper part.” | Photo: Stephen Fox
November 2023 Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “The first pond ice highlights the beavers’ water trail to their renovated lodge.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
November 2023 Photo: Igor Zlokarnik
Springfield, MA. “Three species of moss growing side-by-side.” | Photo: Igor Zlokarnik
November 2023 Photo: Leif Tillotson
Georgia, VT. Autumn sky colors. | Photo: Leif Tillotson
November 2023 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Looking through a massive ancient ash.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
November 2023 Photo: Christy Butler
Kent Pond, Killington, VT. “We have been revisiting locations from 15-years ago. This waterfall on the AT Trail has had the bridge upgraded from a simple upstream wooden plank bridge, to one that spans the gorge and falls below.” | Photo: Christy Butler
November 2023 Photo: Sandy Dannis
First of two images. Dalton, NH. “Waiting for snow...” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
November 2023 Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “...what a difference a week makes!” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
November 2023 Photo: Hale Morrell
Hartland, VT. “Foresters overlooking a recent harvest.” | Photo: Hale Morrell
November 2023 Photo: Wayne Stocker
Petersham, MA. “Beaver dam and meadow at Quabbin watershed.” | Photo: Wayne Stocker
November 2023 Photo: Anonymous
Strafford, VT. “Blue jay on perch.” | Photo: Anonymous
November 2023 Photo: Judy Sweet
Ashfield, MA. “Jack in the pulpit fruit is a brilliant complement to the ferns sharing its spot in the forest.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
November 2023 Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Tenants Harbor, ME. “Bear frost? Carrion frost? Corpse frost?” An ice coated woolly bear caterpillar. | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
November 2023 Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Handsome whitetail buck.” | Photo: Tom Grett
November 2023 Photo: Lee Easterday
Jericho, VT. “Piebald deer surprise.” | Photo: Lee Easterday

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