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November 8th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

October 2017

Berries abound in your October photos, which depict a basket full of lowbush or true cranberries, so-called highbush cranberries hanging from a Viburnum, and the lovely but toxic fruit of blue cohosh. While these seeds await dispersal in packets of pulp, those of milkweed and thistle float away on silky tufts, known as pappi. This month’s gallery also features fishers, bears, and forest stewards walking in the woods, plus two remarkable whitetails: a ten-pointer and a squirrel!

We’re now looking for November 2017 photos that relate to northeastern forests. These could be images of plants, wildlife, weather, forest management, wood processing, educational activities, recreation, art, landscapes, or events. To submit your photos, please use the form below. Thank you!

Submission Deadline for the November Gallery: Monday, November 27, 2017

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Jeffersonville, VT. “A stiff breeze blew this sugar maple leaf into a pond.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Halifax, VT. “The wild cranberries are ripe.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Vernon, VT. “Cersosimo Lumber Company hosted a tour of its Vernon facility for the Windham Regional Woodlands Association. We saw all aspects, from debarking to kiln drying, including an overhead view of the cutting floor.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Dalton, NH. “Spotted tussock (Lophocampa maculata) caterpillar curled up in a ball.” Credit: AM Dannis
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South Williamsport, PA. Participants on a walk in Penn’s Woods, part of a statewide effort to build appreciation for forests, the people who own them, and the importance of tending them. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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South Williamsport, PA. “Log landing on the Williamsport municipal watershed.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Wheelock, VT. “A very patient woodcock.” Credit: Richard G. Carbonetti
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Dalton, NH. “Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) fruit unmasked as the other vegetation dies back.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Tamarack, aka eastern larch (Larix laricina).” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) seeds came to a safe landing intact.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Waterford, VT. “Milkweed showing its beauty.” Credit: Patricia Gould
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Snydertown, PA. “A fisher checking out its domain. I get as excited to see them on my game cameras as I do when I get bears!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Readsboro, VT. “Odd place for a cobblestone inside this large hard maple.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Hermon, ME. “Highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus) is a member of the honeysuckle family.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Deposit, NY. “Slashing white ash logs.” Credit: Colin Miller
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Italy, NY. “Leaf change on West Italy Hill.” Credit: Samantha Wolf
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Snydertown, PA. “A bear deciding whether to go straight or take a left turn onto a different trail.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “A painted lady butterfly on my red lantana.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “A very welcome visitor to my October garden, a buckeye butterfly.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Dalton, NH. “Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) buds.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Barbed wire delineating an old pasture takes many generations to disappear.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Something unusual happening here.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Milkweed (Asclepias) seeds, a new northern New England cash crop! (See: www.wsj.com/articles/this-winter-s-hot-fashion-parkas-stuffed-with-vermont-weeds-1506530994)” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Remnants of an old hill farm in the woods.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Starksboro, VT. “Reflecting on fall foliage.” Credit: Steven Eustis
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Starksboro, VT. “Blue jay perched on a red spruce enjoying the foliage.” Credit: Steven Eustis
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Constantia, NY. “October ferns.” Credit: Linda Reed
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Red Hill River Trail, Sandwich, NH. “A spindly yellow birch has taken root about ten feet up on the rotting stub of this long-dead maple snag. I suspect it is to be short-lived.” Credit: Jim Duncan
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Snydertown, PA. “A very handsome six-pointer giving us his very best smile!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “A very nice ten-pointer gracing my friend’s woods!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “A fisher out for an early morning stroll in my friend’s woods.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Snydertown, PA. “'Tis the season: two young bucks having a try at sparring.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Catawissa, PA. “My husband's cousin was fortunate to have a black bear wander by his game camera.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Lycoming County, PA. “A black bear photographed by a trail camera built around a Sony S40 digital camera.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Driftwood, PA. “Bull elk near Driftwood, PA - one of about 1,000 elk in north-central Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Elk County, PA. “Morning fog.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Clearfield County, PA. “Jack Dent Branch of Medix Run.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Westfield, VT. “An interesting tree on the Long Trail north of Hazen’s Notch.” Credit: Barbara Mackay
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Whitefield, ME. “Sundew plant with dew drops growing around a wetland in my backwoods.” Credit: Cory Stafford
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East Chatham, NY. “Cottonwood (Populus deltoides).” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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East Chatham, NY. “Crabapples.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Holderness, NH. “Monarch and milkweed tussock moth caterpillars share the same milkweed leaf.” Credit: Nat Cleavitt
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Tompkins, NY. “A healthy butternut (Juglans cinera) thrives in a northern hardwood stand.” Credit: Colin Miller
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Lenox, MA. “Fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita).” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Rushville, NY. “Hanging out with nature friends.” Credit: Samantha Wolf
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Rangeley region, ME. “Brook trout concentrated in shrinking cold water refugia pools during fall drought, early October.” Credit: Lindsey Rustad
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Snydertown, PA. “A dear friend of mine who lives in Williamsport, PA, has been graced with the presence of a white-tailed gray squirrel in her yard!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Readsboro, VT. “Must be that a food source, like politics, can make for strange bed fellows.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins
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Hermon, ME. “The forest surrounding Big Indian Lake is ablaze in color for this kayaker.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Hermon, ME. “It could be a long winter based upon this red squirrel's cache of pine cones.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Hermon, ME. “Strange white birches growing in Maine? (Bingham wind farm project)” Credit: Ed Baum
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Roxbury, ME. “The ‘Big Island’ on Ellis Pond.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Magalloway River near Errol, NH. “Anglers fly fishing on a rainy October morning.” Credit: Ed Baum
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Gilford, NH. “Two bats flying side by side caught on my trail camera.” Credit: Bob Landry
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Bradford, VT. “Wood frog in the leaves.” Credit: Amber Jones

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