What in the Woods is That?

Back to the basics for this one: what in the woods is this?

We’re flipping the script a little this time. If you’ve ever spent time in a beaver flowage, you’ve probably seen unexplained (maybe unexplainable) beaver chewing like this. For some…

What’s protruding from this birch?

It looks a bit like a golf ball that’s been run over, but what really caused this growth?

Ken Kinder took this photo in late fall in northern Vermont. What was the purpose of the project?

Who hasn’t come back from a walk outdoors looking like this? But do you know the name of the plant these burrs came from?

Penelope Harris forwarded these photos of a friend’s cherry tree in Bakersfield, Vermont. She was curious: what had caused the gelatinous material seen on the tree?

We heard from someone who just brought home a balsam fir Christmas tree and noticed a few places where the needles had curled and twisted. The same distortion is seen in this photo from UMass…

What bird made this distinctive nest?

A flashback to when we had leaves. What is climbing this tree?

Rich Root sent us this shot of a mystery insect he spotted on a spruce in a woodlot in Weston, Vermont, in late October. “It was dead when I found it,” he said.

Who’s munching on this milkweed?

A post for posterity. This piece of old wood was found sticking up out of a young forest in Chepachet, Rhode Island. What kind of wood is it?

What happened to this leaf?

Spotted in southern Vermont; what is this?

Spotted by Meghan Oliver in Thetford, Vermont. This trail of evidence points to whom?

A gallery of berries: These were all found within 10 feet of each other on a ridge sticking out of wetlands in Strafford, Vermont. Top to bottom, what are they?

Colorful, yes, but what is it?

When we see wood with funky colors and grain patterns we tend to assume it came from the tropics. But these three boards were milled from species growing in Vermont. Left to right, tell us the…

What is this (or rather, what will it be)?