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September 29th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

September 2017

In your September photos, sunlight performs captivating tricks: making rainbows appear in the mist, brightening leaves in the understory, and pulling an afternoon shadow across a well-organized log landing. As you click through this gallery, look for light cupped in an upturned mushroom cap and woven into ripples on the surface of a stream. You will find silhouettes and surprising shapes as well.

We’re now looking for October 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 October Gallery: Monday, October 23, 2017

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Canton, PA. “The pot of gold at the end of these rainbows is the woodland of northern Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Jeffersonville, VT. “Red maple leaf showing a preview of the colors to come.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Wilmington, VT. “The Windham Regional Woodlands Association tours a recent timber harvest at Molly Stark State Park.” Credit: Diana Todd
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Thetford, VT. Silhouette of a bat and leaves. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Grafton, VT. “A log landing in some afternoon light.” Credit: Alex Barrett
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Benton, ME. “Late summer dragonfly on garden sunflower.” Credit: Richard Lawrence
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Glover, VT. A landing, skidders, and a loader-slasher at a logging operation in the Black Hills of Glover. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Fair Haven, VT. “Mollusk love.” Credit: Daniel J Grey / Editor’s note: Entwined sexual organs form the blue blob.
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Waterford, VT. “Harvesting sawlogs from diseased (stump rot) balsam fir with a tractor and a chainsaw.” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Waterford, VT. “Even Mother Nature has a sense of humor - a burl on a balsam fir in our woods.” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Lempster, NH. Hobblebush. Credit: Sue Lichty
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Etna, NH. “We have a catbird family every year. Here's one of our current residents, looking proud!” Credit: MK Beach
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Canaan, NY. “Woven water.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Dalton, NH. “Eastern coyote (Canis latrans) catching mice near the tractor as we were brush hogging a pasture.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Grafton, VT. “A forester and a logger review an intra-stand hemlock reserve.” Credit: Alex Barrett
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Sheffield, VT. A common garter snake consuming an American Toad. The common garter snake is one of the few predators that will eat the entire toad despite the toxins in the toad’s skin. Some other predators, including crows and ravens, will leave the skins. Credit: Rebecca Bridge
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Diehl Family Forest, Lempster, NH. “Plentiful food source.” Credit: Sue Lichty
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Constantia, NY. “The color of September.” Credit: Linda Reed
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Hermon, ME. Twins and Mom. Credit: Ed Baum
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Snydertown, PA. “I came across this spider web while taking a hike in my friend’s woods.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger
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Albany, VT. A gray treefrog. Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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South Williamsport, PA. “Although virtually all large American chestnut trees were killed by the chestnut blight fungus, some sprouts survive long enough to flower and set fruit.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Williamsport, PA. Tracks in a muddy trail. Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Lycoming County, PA. “Bobcat photographed by a trail camera made with a Nikon L11 digital camera.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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Putney, VT. “Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar.” Credit: Dan Healey
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Dalton, NH. “Berries of the Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense).” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Bristly beard lichen (Usnea hirta) clinging to a tree branch.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Austerlitz, NY. “Mountain ash on Harvey Mountain.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Canaan, NY. “Mushroom portrait.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Canaan, NY. “Leafminer design on honey locust leaf.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Canaan, NY. “Something fierce by the Stony Kill.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
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Dalton, NH. “Golden chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) found in a wet spruce-fir forest.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Dalton, NH. “Lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) can be a marker for clean air.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Waterford, VT. “Monarch caterpillar pigging out on a milkweed pod. It is nice that we are seeing more of these this year than in recent years.” Credit: Gordon Gould
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Northern Maine. “Spruce grouse on the St. Juste Connector Road.” Credit: Richard Carbonetti
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Wolfeboro, NH. A painted lady. Credit: Ian Whitmore
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Etna, NH. “Here's a parent and juvenile song sparrow; note that even though the parent has no tail, the feeding routine goes on just fine.” Credit: MK Beach
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South Williamsport, PA. “The warbler migration is almost over as this bay-breasted warbler stopped to feed on its way south.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz
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North Marbletown, NY. “Photo taken in my back yard. Not really an elephant, but I am guessing it is a fisher catching a snake.” Credit: Ferris Cook
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Hartland, VT. A monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. Credit: Rob Anderegg
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Meadville, PA. “Never too much of a good thing!” Credit: Danuta
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Dalton, NH. “Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) nest right next to some luscious blackberries.” Credit: AM Dannis
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Zebedee Wetland, Thetford, VT. A Canada darner on the wing (between laying eggs). Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Lyme, NH. A Christmas tree farm shrouded in valley fog. Credit: Tig Tillinghast
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Alton, NH. “Tree Number 8. We encountered this strange lichen growth on a red oak near the Knights Pond Trail.” Credit: Jim Duncan

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.

Having trouble submitting? You can also email your photo(s) and caption(s) to: Nancy (at) northernwoodlands.org. Please use the subject line: Reader Photo Submission. And don’t forget to confirm in your email that you’ve read and agreed to our terms and conditions.

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