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November 12th, 2020 Reader Photo Gallery

October 2020 - Part One

We received many submissions to our October gallery, and are therefore (once again) dividing them into two batches. In this first gallery, many of you documented beautiful autumn landscapes, from mountainsides blazing with fall foliage, to mist rising off lake water. Miraon Simao’s bear visitor seemed to think wind chimes were dinner bells, and Denise LaPerriere documented “holz hausen,” a German approach to stacking wood. So how bad was last month’s drought? It was dry as a dead deer’s jawbone, and tall as a heron’s beak.

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Grackle Photo: Denise LaPerriere
Harwinton, CT. “October colors. Common grackles.” | Photo: Denise LaPerriere
hemlock Photo: Dicken Crane
Dalton, MA “Amazing how this hemlock found its way around this boulder.” | Photo: Dicken Crane
Millipede Photo: Brandon Sorg
Newfane, VT. “While walking around the woods in the middle of the night with an ultraviolet flashlight, I stumbled upon this millipede (Sigmoria trimaculata?) in the leaf litter. I was amazed at how brightly it fluoresced under the UV light.” | Photo: Brandon Sorg
Fall peeper Photo: Holt Thrasher
Greenwich, CT. “Fall peeper.” | Photo: Holt Thrasher
Sky Photo: Tracy Sherbrook
Kirby, VT. “Autumn glory.” | Photo: Tracy Sherbrook
Cormorant Photo: Jeannie Tardif
Campton, NH. “Cormorant.” | Photo: Jeannie Tardif
Bear Photo: Marion Simao
Barkhamsted, CT. “Afternoon visitor! Look who’s ringing the dinner bell!” | Photo: Marion Simao
witch hazel Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “Native witch hazel is blooming in my friend’s woods.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
american toad Photo: Tricia Knoll
Williston, VT. “American toad in leaf litter.” | Photo: Tricia Knoll
dogwood Photo: Margie Manthey
Marietta, NY. “Vibrant dogwood leaves on a rainy afternoon.” | Photo: Margie Manthey
Hunting dog Photo: Anna Lewis
St. Francis, ME. “Finley the Australian Shepherd sporting his orange vest on a rainy morning of ruffed grouse hunting.” | Photo: Anna Lewis
Spider Photo: Kelly Stettner
Springfield, VT. A jumping spider in the seeds. “Bold jumper trying to camouflage.” | Photo: Kelly Stettner
Trail club Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Slate Run, PA. “In mid-October the Susquehannock Trail Club took a hike on the Black Forest Trail – here they are on the grade of the Cammal & Black Forest Railroad, a logging railroad.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Moth Photo: Lise Kelly
Richmond, MA. “Hickory tussock moth caterpillar.” | Photo: Lise Kelly
Lake George Photo: John Blaser
Adirondacks, NY. “A View up Lake George from Prospect Mountain.” | Photo: John Blaser
Foliage Photo: Michael Wilson
Otego, NY. “Lake Placid’s Mirror Lake.” | Photo: Michael Wilson
Mallards Photo: JoAnne Pereira
Elmore, VT. “While taking photos of a flock of geese captured these young mallards.” | Photo: JoAnne Pereira
Moose Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. A beautiful photo of a moose. | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Girdle Photo: Dan Healey
West Dummerston, VT. “An 18-year-old girdle illustrates some desirable outcomes: timber stand improvement and snag creation.” | Photo: Dan Healey
hawk Photo: Elena McSherry
Richmond, VT. “Juvenile red-tailed hawk in a butternut.” | Photo: Elena McSherry
Cemetary Photo: Rodney Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. “On guard.” | Photo: Rodney Johnson
Walking fern Photo: Sharon Bombard
Ashley Falls, MA. “Sori on walking fern frond.” | Photo: Sharon Bombard
Bald Mountain Photo: Margie Manthey
Adirondack Park, NY. “Heavenly view from Bald Mountain’s summit.” | Photo: Margie Manthey
fungus Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “White-pored chicken-of-the-woods mushroom, 16 inches wide over a rotted stump.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
salamanders Photo: Tricia Knoll
Williston, VT. “Red-backed salamanders hanging out below one of my tomato pots.” | Photo: Tricia Knoll
Leaves Photo: John Blaser
Lake Taghkanic, NY. “Collected leaves.” The photo show what’s sometimes called a “second leaf season” in waterways, critical for the aquatic food chain. | Photo: John Blaser
woodpecker Photo: Grace McCulloch
Pembroke, NH. “A pileated woodpecker stretches its wing, revealing a beautiful ‘piano key’ pattern!” | Photo: Grace McCulloch
Spoons Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Five spoons recently finished - one mountain laurel ladle and four small apple spoons.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Red fox Photo: Steven Myruski
Warwick, NY. “Red fox.” | Photo: Steven Myruski
Witches butter Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Unusual white witches’ butter fungus on yellow birch.” | Photo: AM Dannis
Wood pile Photo: Denise LaPerriere
Harwinton, CT. “Holz Hausen wood piles.” | Photo: Denise LaPerriere
Milkweed Photo: Cindy Morin
Pownal, ME. “While on a woods walk, I came upon this beautiful combination of an intricate milkweed fluff leaning against an autumn leaf in a patch of British soldiers and golf tees [cup] lichen.” | Photo: Cindy Morin
Oak leaves Photo: Pat Liddle
Canaan, NY. “The many colors of fall oak leaves.” | Photo: Pat Liddle
Bigtooth aspen Photo: Sue Mayotte
Alton, NH. “Bigtooth aspen leaves after a rainfall.” | Photo: Sue Mayotte
Deer jaw Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lisbon, NH. “A deer's lower jaw bone was exposed in the sand along a river bed due to this year's prolonged drought.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Misty morning Photo: Clare Lise Kelly
Richmond, MA. “Morning mist in the Berkshires.” | Photo: Clare Lise Kelly
Rainbow Photo: Sally Cornwell
Brookfield, NH. “Early morning rainbow in the western sky.” | Photo: Sally Cornwell
Buck Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Danville, PA. “A most magnificent piebald seven-point buck.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Cluster shelf Photo: Dottie Matusewicz
Huntington, MA. A late season swarm of honeybees. | Photo: Dottie Matusewicz
Tick Photo: Ron Becker
Onondaga County Highland Forest, NY. “Wearing light colored clothing helped me spot this black-legged deer tick crawling up my pant leg.” | Photo: Ron Becker
Heron Photo: Elena McSherry
Richmond, VT. “Great blue heron in a man-made swimming pond. The normal water level/overflow is just below its beak, three to four feet low.” | Photo: Elena McSherry
Great blue heron Photo: Jennifer Cummings
And speaking to herons: Basom, NY. “Profile of a Great Blue Heron looking for lunch.” | Photo: Jennifer Cummings
Smugglers notch Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. “View of Smugglers Notch while hiking in Mt. Mansfield State Forest.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Singular beauty Photo: Matt DeLuca
Stockbridge, MA. “Singular beauty.” | Photo: Matt DeLuca
Milkweed Photo: Deb Clough
Grafton, NH. “Lovely milkweed fluff.” | Photo: Deb Clough
Shagbark hickory Photo: Tami Gingrich
Burton, OH. “The mighty shagbark hickory in all its glory!” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Mountains Photo: Grace McCulloch
Carrol, NH. “A patchwork of colors in Crawford Notch.” | Photo: Grace McCulloch
Slug Photo: Rodney Johnson
Lake Luzerne, NY. “Huuuuuuuge.” | Photo: Rodney Johnson
Moose Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Young bull moose skyline right after sunset.” | Photo: AM Dannis
Cardigan Photo: Deb Clough
Grafton, NH. “Mt. Cardigan from Grafton.” | Photo: Deb Clough

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