What in the Woods is That?

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)?

Meghan Oliver spotted these winged creatures going in and out of four ground nests clustered near each other. What are they?

Ben Haubrich stumbled on this scene while walking in the woods in mid-May; at first he thought it was an oil spill, but a closer look showed it was something else.

Thanks to Kyle Jones for sending in this photo. What is he holding?

An animal was eating the bark near the crown of this sumac tree. What kind of animal was it?

We’ll try to make this the last WITWIT photo of the season with snow in it. At least the white background makes things clearer! Can you identify the sources of this scat (from left to right)?

What explains this pattern that forester Beth Daut spotted in the snow?

Glen Roberts noticed this white pine while working in the woods in New York. Why does it look like this?

What’s going on up there?

What’s this on the snow?

There’s foreign matter on this tree trunk. What is it?

Richard Carbonetti sent us a series of these photos from the Northeast Kingdom. It isn’t a hiking trail; what is it?

This item was seen on the snow at the edge of an old field. What is it?

Though they were spotted this fall at the Maine Tree Farm of the Year event at the Hidden Valley Nature Center, these forest pests seem appropriately festive for this time of year. Can you…

Why are there stripes on this forest floor following a light dusting of snow?

Meghan Oliver found this on her dog after a walk in the woods in early November. What is it?

Bruce Connor of New York sent along a photo of this “large growth by the leaf pile,” noting that the multi-tool included for reference is 6 inches long. What is it?

Tracker Lynn Levine sent along this neat shot. She knows what made the tracks, do you?

This small black patch was seen on the forest floor in early October in southern Vermont. What is it, and what helped cause it?