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October 15th, 2015 Reader Photo Gallery

September 2015

Your photos showed baby snapping turtles emerging from the mud, a heron snacking on a huge fish, and one very tired looking daddy cardinal. Maples began to turn, kids frolicked on the rocks, and those of us who managed to stay awake late on September 27, enjoyed the spectacle of a total lunar eclipse and a blood moon.

We’re now on the hunt for October 2015 photos. We encourage you to share images about anything that relates to the Northeast’s forests, and that you take this month. Here are examples – but by no means an exclusive list – of photo topics that fit this category: nature, weather, education activities (any age), forest management/logging, recreation, wood manufacture, art, workshops, events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

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Vermont: “A red maple kicks off the new season.” Credit: Susan Elliott
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Etna, NH: “A good dad! Cardinal feeding one of his young. And molting!” Credit: MK Beach
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First in a series of three. Thetford, VT: On September 28, the combination of a supermoon and total lunar eclipse resulted in a rare “blood moon.” Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Thetford, VT: River walk along the Ompompanoosuc. “What a glorious end-of-summer!” Credit: MK Beach
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Wayne, ME: “Lion head mushroom, taken on September 4.” Credit: Bob Doiron
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Fairlee, VT: Coyote as bird dog? The coyote was watching at least three tom turkeys on the other side of a food plot. Credit: David Matthews
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Enfield, NH: “This was taken on my front lawn by Spectacle Pond. Just trying to get a different perspective – a bug’s eye view!” Credit: Laurel Dennison
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Buckland, MA: “Great blue heron with a good-sized lunch of brook trout (I think).” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Hanover, NH: A bald eagle, perched near Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River. Credit: Laurel Denison
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East Wallingford, VT: “Preview of fall and memory of summer.” A sugar maple photographed on September 11. Credit: Carolyn
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Middlesex, VT: A view of Northern Woodlands assistant editor Patrick White’s Christmas tree farm. “Beautiful day, some nice foliage in the background...8,000 trees nearly all sheared after four months of work!” Credit: Patrick White
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Vienna, ME: Baby snapping turtles emerge from their nest. “Note the three heads still in the hole. I counted eight but there may have been more. All had departed by the morning.” Credit: Betsy Corning
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Buckland, MA: “River otter taking a morning swim. Gotta love those whiskers!” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Franconia, NH: A late season caterpillar. Note the infestation on its head. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
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Fairlee, VT: This collared black bear has at least one cub. “Forest Hammond, a Vermont black bear biologist, believes she is one of Ben Kilham’s rehabilitated bears named Clarkie.” Credit: David Matthews
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Thetford, VT: Milkweed seeds released from their pod and ready to fly. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Roxbury, VT: “Cluck, cluck.” Credit: Nancy Rogers
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Buckland, MA: “Wood ducks on a beaver-felled tree.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Thetford, VT : Author and Dartmouth professor Terry Osborne visits the top of Bill Hill – well known to readers of Noel Perrin’s essays – on September 18th (Perrin’s birthday). Credit: MK Beach
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Lewiston, ME: Witch hazel leaves at Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary. Credit: Brett Huggett
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Darien, CT: Early September at Selleck’s Woods. Credit: Vanessa David
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Buckland, MA: “This maple always turns a little early for the area.” Credit: Helene Grogan
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Franconia, NH: Kids explore Bridesmaid Falls in Franconia. Credit: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

Submit Your Photos to the Reader Gallery

We’re always thrilled to see what’s happening in the Northeast through your eyes. Each season, we feature approximately 50 reader-submitted images in our online gallery. To be considered, please send us photos taken within the past month.

You may submit up to three photos per person. While we can’t publish every submission, we carefully consider each one.

When reviewing submissions, we look for:

  • A variety of topics and subjects
  • High-quality, well-composed images
  • Good resolution (prefer images at least 1000 pixels on the longer edge)
  • Geographic diversity across the region

Before submitting, please read and agree to the terms and conditions below. These give Northern Woodlands a perpetual license to use your photographs. If your image isn’t selected for the gallery but we’d like to feature it elsewhere, we’ll reach out to you.

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