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December 18th, 2024 Reader Photo Gallery

November 2024

Your November photos captured colorful fungi in the stick season landscape, creatures still active in water, and early winter scenes. Sheri Larson saw stunning yellow fairy cups in Milton, Vermont, Sharon Bombard observed interesting tree patterns in Adams, Massachusetts, and Ken Hatch spied hooded mergansers having a chilly swim in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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Virginia opossum Photo: Jackie Robidoux
Merrimack, NH. “Virginia opossum, backyard.” | Photo: Jackie Robidoux
Violet toothed Photo: Kirk Gentalen
St. George, ME. “Trichaptum biforme (violet toothed polypore).” | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Sunset Photo: Karinne Heise
Warner, NH. “November sunset reflections on a beaver pond.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
Granite seam Photo: Tammis Coffin
Mt. Desert, ME. “Red gleam in a granite seam. Three-leaved cinquefoil on North Bubble Mountain. A welcome sight on the first day of November after a hike up between gray leafless beech trees.” | Photo: Tammis Coffin
Black duck Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Montoursville, PA. “Black ducks breed on woodland ponds; unfortunately, they also freely interbreed with mallards so their population is declining.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Red elderberry Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Red elderberry (Sambucus racemose) buds ready for next spring.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Golden rainbow Photo: Sheri Larsen
Essex Town, VT. “A rainbow during the ‘golden hour.’” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Successful coyote Photo: Amy Quist
Heath, MA. “Observed early one morning in my front yard, a coyote stands over what appears to be its prey victim.” | Photo: Amy Quist
Tree patterns Photo: Sharon Bombard
Adams, MA. “The bull’s-eye patterns in the trunk of a red maple is a trunk canker caused by a fungus. The pattern persists as the tree ages.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
Reishi Photo: Brian Munson
Falls Village, CT. “Ganoderma tsugae - hemlock varnish shelf-reishi in Great Mountain Forest.” | Photo: Brian Munson
November paddle Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Late fall paddle in the northern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Ferns Photo: Stephen Fox
Canterbury, NH. “Late November. While most ferns have died back, these still thrive in the crotch of this black oak.” | Photo: Stephen Fox
Tomatoes Photo: Carolyn Wheeler
Shelburne, MA. “Tomatoes picked before frost make a pretty pattern.” | Photo: Carolyn Wheeler
Giant cladonia Photo: Dawn Brooks
Deer Isle, ME. “Giant cladonia lichen with spider - a fairyland in miniature.” | Photo: Dawn Brooks
November afternoon Photo: Prudence Wholey
Shelburne, MA. “November afternoon.” | Photo: Prudence Wholey
Yellow fruit Photo: Judy Sweet
Ashfield, MA. “Golden crabapples glowed in the gray of a mid-November morning.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
White ash Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “Check your forest for white ash that are infested by the EBA, emerald ash borer. The tree is weak and can break as this one did. The upper portion fell to the ground.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Porcupine den Photo: Jackie Robidoux
Hollis, NH. “Porcupine den.” | Photo: Jackie Robidoux
Clouds Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Reflective clouds on a northern Adirondack paddle.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Rusty gilled Photo: Kirk Gentalen
St. George, ME. “Gloeophyllum sepiarium (rusty gilled polypore), undercarriage.” | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Tree on rock Photo: Jack Nelson
Plainfield, MA. “Hemlock embracing a boulder, Hallockville Pond.” | Photo: Jack Nelson
Milkweed pods Photo: Judy Sweet
Ashfield, MA. “A few seeds still cling to the mostly empty milkweed pods.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
Fairy cups Photo: Sheri Larsen
Milton, VT. “Yellow fairy cups and joint-toothed moss on the cut end of a fallen tree.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Thick fog Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A thick fog blew through the neighborhood in the late afternoon.” | Photo: Richard Philben
Bluet Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Typically an early summer bloomer, this lone bluet (Houstonia caerulea) defies all the odds.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Finch Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “This leucistic (piebald) house finch frequented our feeder all fall.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Cucumber fruit Photo: Ken Hatch
Randolph, VT. “Wild cucumber fruit. According to UNH Extension Service ‘the pods explode when ripe, forcibly ejecting the seeds.’” | Photo: Ken Hatch
Milkweed pod Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “An empty colorful milkweed seed pod.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Stump patterns Photo: Sharon Bombard
Pittsfield, MA. “Distinctive pattern of old branches, one of which reaches the outside of this old red pine cut down some time ago after it fell across the trail.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
Pitch pine Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Vinalhaven, ME. “Pitch pine.” | Photo: Kirk Gentalen
Snow Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “The morning after Thanksgiving and the first real snow of the season!” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dryads saddle Photo: Sheri Larsen
Colchester, VT. “A large Dryad’s saddle fungus (at least 12 inches wide) up in a tree.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Common buckeye Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “It was surprising to see this common buckeye butterfly on the second of November - it was a warm fall.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Maple leaves Photo: Judy Sweet
Shelburne, MA. “New shoots growing from a maple tree stump retained their colorful leaves after most others had turned brown and floated to the forest floor.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
Reindeer lichens Photo: Tom Grett
Northern Adirondacks, NY. “Frosty reindeer lichens and British soldiers.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Twisted tree Photo: Matty DeLuca
Brownfield, ME. “This tree couldn’t decide which direction to follow.” | Photo: Matty DeLuca
Hooded mergansers Photo: Ken Hatch
Lebanon, NH. “Hooded mergansers on a small pond.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
Smoke haze Photo: Sharon Bombard
Richmond, MA. “Coming down from Perry’s Peak where the air was clear, we encountered smoke from the wildfire burning in southern Berkshire County, and coming into the fields, we had a beautiful sky enhanced by smoke from the fire (human caused) which had traveled north.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
Lost logs Photo: James Smith
Summit Township, ME. “Lost logs.” | Photo: James Smith

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