What in the Woods is That?

Sent along by Mark Heitzman, who found them on his property in Barre, Vermont.

A reader in southern Vermont submitted this collection of seven different cones (not all were found in the forest). Can you ID them all from left to right?

Bob Chandler came across this scene on a logging job in Maine.

We won’t make you guess how many there are, but we want to know what they are and why they all landed on the ground at the same time in late December? (Penny Harris took this shot in…

Another strange mark in the snow, which Dicken Crane came across while walking a skid trail.

We stumbled upon these strange markings in a thin cover of snow. What created them?

Russ Cohen, rivers advocate with the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, took this photo in September in southern Vermont. It seems appropriately colorful and festive for this time of…

What’s so special about this maple log?

This picture was taken by board member Richard Carbonetti. Yup, it was taken in the woods. What is it?

Reader Penny Harris took this picture in her woods in Cambridge, Vermont. What's the black growth?

Forestry students might call this "Dendrology at 50 mph." Name the tree species, from left.

What’s the muddy depression that these folks are looking at? (That’s our Tracking Tips columnist Sue Morse in green, for those who don’t know her.)

Yes, it’s a dead chipmunk. (We’re pretty sure the dog killed it, but it may have been gluttony.) Note that his mouth is full of beech nuts. Now how many beech nuts do you think this wee…

This plant was growing near the ocean on a tree farm in Addison, Maine. What is it?

Reader Dan Wing, from Cookeville, Vermont, sent us this picture. What is it?

This mysterious green slime was found growing outside Bill Peberdy’s woodshop in Corinth, Vermont. What is it?

Reader Paul Fillion submitted this picture that his daughter Renee took in central New Hampshire. What is it?

Ten inches wide and bumpy all over, this melon-shaped mass was discovered in Church Pond in the Adirondacks. What is it? Photo by Judy Brook.

These ears perked up for a camera click in Holderness, New Hampshire. Who owns these ears?

Reader Judy Brook took this picture while kayaking the LaPlatte River in Shelburne, VT. What is it?