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October 18th, 2022 Reader Photo Gallery

September 2022

Your September photos showed late season fungi and insects, fall flowers including bottle gentians, and the onset of vibrant fall colors. In South Hero, Vermont, a great blue heron showed off its epaulets, and in Ashland, Maine, a coyote picked up some take-out. In Paul Smiths, New York, Doug Kramer captured the view of a tree’s foggy reflection on Osgood lake, while in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Judy Sweet focused in close on the bright red berries of Jack-in-the-pulpit. Check out Sandy Dannis’s image of a grass munching momma bear and her cub.

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Beaver family Photo: Danielle Durocher
Pelham, NH. “Beaver family.” | Photo: Danielle Durocher
Pitcher plant Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Whitefield, NH. “Inside a northern pitcher plant leaf were several mosquitoes, a fly species and a burying beetle.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Canoe trip Photo: Fred Kamerling
Essex, VT. “What a beautiful fall day on Lake Eden, Vermont! This canvas covered canoe was built with woods that were all harvested in the Northern Woodlands: white cedar ribs and planking, spruce inwales, cherry outwales and decks, and white ash twarts by the late master craftsman, Burt Libby in Litchfield, Maine!” | Photo: Fred Kamerling
Great heron Photo: Jared Katz
South Hero, VT. “A great blue heron shows off its epaulets along the shores of Lake Champlain.” | Photo: Jared Katz
Purple mushroom Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Always fun to run into a purple cort (Cortinarius violates) on the forest floor!” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Elk Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Benezette, PA. A Pennsylvania’s bull elk. | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Foliage Photo: Ken Hatch
Rangeley, ME. “Looking toward Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Bald Mountain on the right from a viewpoint on Route 17.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
Bald faced hornet Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “Beautiful patterns are created when different types of fibers are chewed by bald-faced hornets during nest construction.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Toad stool Photo: Jason Amoriell
Peru, NY. A mushroom with a shaggy cap, emerging from the hollow of a maple tree. | Photo: Jason Amoriell
Osgood Pond Photo: Doug Kramer
Paul Smiths, NY. “Nature: beauty and symmetry. Canoeing on Osgood Pond, St. Regis Canoe Wilderness, Adirondack Park.” | Photo: Doug Kramer
Millipede Photo: Penelope Harris
Cambridge, VT. “Millipede in the woodpile.” | Photo: Penelope Harris
Coyote Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “Coyote with a snack.” | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Woodpecker Photo: Kathleen Bross
New Vernon, NJ. “Pileated woodpecker.” | Photo: Kathleen Bross
Puffball Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “Closeup of the surface of a white puffball.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Turtles Photo: Becky Linton
Erie, PA. “Turtles on a log.” | Photo: Becky Linton
Hummingbird Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. “The juvenile male ruby-throated hummingbird is identified in good light by the small iridescent red spot on his neck. They develop the full red gorget their 1st winter.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Bog lake Photo: John Blaser
Tupper Lake, NY. “Bog Lake Outlet Bog River flow complex.” | Photo: John Blaser
Ghost pipe Photo: Tom Grett
Adirondacks, NY. “Ghost pipe in the northern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Red eft Photo: Sue Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Red eft hiding.” | Photo: Sue Lichty
Blue warbler Photo: Karinne Heise
Hopkinton, NH. “A black-throated blue warbler getting ready to migrate to the Caribbean.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
Double rainbow Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A partial double rainbow Wheel View Farm.” | Photo: Richard Philben
Bald eagle Photo: Jared Katz
Richmond, VT. “A juvenile bald eagle flies along the shores of Lake Champlain.” | Photo: Jared Katz
Fly amanita Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Benezette, PA. “Fly amanita is one of the mycorrhizal fungi that provide trees with water and minerals.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Gentians Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe and Waitsfield, VT. “Purple gentians are a favorite flower in September. Photo on the left is a bottled (or closed) gentian, while the one on the right is a narrow-leaved gentian.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Bears Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Momma bear and cubs (second cub just out of sight) foraging on a cool late summer morning.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Sunset Photo: Leif Tillotson
Bakersfield, VT. “Swanton.” | Photo: Leif Tillotson
Scalycap Photo: Judy Sweet
Conway, MA. “Shaggy scalycap mushrooms flourishing on a fallen log after welcome rain.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
Water snake Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “A northern water snake relishes a warm autumn day.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Milkweed bugs Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. Large milkweed bug nymphs. “Not only do monarch butterflies feed on milkweed plants, so do milkweed bugs, as seen in the photo.” | Photo: Ross Lanius
Fog valley Photo: Karinne Heise
Williamstown, MA. “Early morning fog lifting over a valley town.” | Photo: Karinne Heise
Waxwing Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Ashland, ME. “Cedar waxwing.” | Photo: Lonnie Jandreau
Swallowtail caterpillar Photo: Pam Landry
Webster, MA. “Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on sassafras.” | Photo: Pam Landry
Raccoon Photo: Pat Liddle
Canaan, NY. “A pear thief. One of 4 youngsters in the pear tree.” | Photo: Pat Liddle
Dragonfly Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Franconia, NH. “Dragonfly closeup.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Goldfinch Photo: Pat Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Goldfinch on a coneflower.” | Photo: Pat Liddle
Polypore Photo: David Porter
Brooklin, ME. “Pore surface of thin maze polypore mushroom, Daedaleopsis confragosa.” | Photo: David Porter
Stump growth Photo: John Blaser
Tupper Lake, NY. “Stump with growth, Grass Pond, Bog River Flow Complex.” | Photo: John Blaser
Bittern Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “Another well camouflaged bittern.” | Photo: Richard Philben
Chrysalis Photo: Marc Fournier
Edgartown (Chappaquiddick), MA. “Monarch butterfly chrysalis in a Japanese maple at Mytoi Japanese Garden.” | Photo: Marc Fournier
Garden spider Photo: Sandy Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) navigates the morning dew on its web.” | Photo: Sandy Dannis
Red tailed hawk Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Benezette, PA. “A juvenile red-tailed hawk that now has to find its own way in the world.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Beetle mushroom Photo: Pam Landry
Barre, MA. “A species of earth-boring dung beetle excavating the gills of a mushroom.” | Photo: Pam Landry
Hummingbird Photo: Jane Ogilvie
East Middlebury, VT. “Ruby-throated hummingbird tanking up for a long journey south.” | Photo: Jane Ogilvie
Jack in Pulpit fruit Photo: Judy Sweet
Ashfield, MA. “Jack in the pulpit fruit gleaming in the morning sunshine.” | Photo: Judy Sweet
Milkweed seeds Photo: Thomas Ames
Norwich, VT. “Milkweed seed against a backdrop of diminished goldenrod.” | Photo: Thomas Ames
Sunset Photo: Tracy Rice
Port Leyden, NY. “Mirrored sunset over the Moose River.” | Photo: Tracy Rice
Osprey Photo: Becky Linton
Erie, PA. “Osprey with a fish.” | Photo: Becky Linton
Mushroom Photo: David Porter
Stonington, ME. The photographer identified this mushroom as Cortinarius caperatus, “an edible species of a genus that contains mostly poisonous mushrooms.” Use caution when foraging this species. | Photo: David Porter
Asters Photo: Judy Sweet
Shelburne, MA. “Well camouflaged white spider hanging out in the asters. Can you see it?” | Photo: Judy Sweet
Wet wing Photo: Sue Lichty
Lempster, NH. “Wet wing.” | Photo: Sue Lichty
Snapping turtle Photo: Richard Philben
Shelburne, MA. “A snapping turtle with a roughed-up shell that I assisted in crossing a street in Shelburne.” | Photo: Richard Philben
Hobblebush Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. “Hobblebush leaves are a pretty sight in the fall. Such interesting patterns of color.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Insect Photo: Tracy Rice
West Leyden, NY. “Hanging on to summer.” | Photo: Tracy Rice
Poison ivy Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “Poison ivy berries - an important food source for migrating birds.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Rainy hawk Photo: Sue March
Marcellus, NY. “Wet day, unhappy hawk.” | Photo: Sue March
Creepy beetle Photo: Penelope Harris
Cambridge, VT. “American oil beetle sees its shadow.” | Photo: Penelope Harris
Snake Photo: Tom Grett
Adirondacks, NY. “Garter snake in the northern Adirondacks.” | Photo: Tom Grett
Screech owl Photo: Becky Linton
Erie, PA. “Here is a picture of an eastern screech owl, red morph stage taken 2 weeks ago at Presque Isle.” | Photo: Becky Linton
Pontook reservoir Photo: Ken Hatch
Dummer, NH. “Pontook Reservoir from Route 16.” | Photo: Ken Hatch
Bumblebee on gentian Photo: Barry Wicklow
Francestown, NH. “Lured by pollen and nectar, a persistent bumblebee makes her way into a closed gentian flower.” | Photo: Barry Wicklow

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