Reader Photo Gallery

Your February photos showed winter mammal and bird activity, ice formations, and the first glimmerings of spring, including boiling sap, blooming witch hazel, and turtles back in the sun. In…

January is typically the month when we get the most ice photos from readers. From Carolyn Wheeler’s feathery bubble ice to Susan Lichty’s ice ball stem, there are many odd and…

Your December photos included winter birds, early ice, and evidence of squirrels’ appreciation for this year’s bountiful white pine cone supply. In Kingsbury Plantation, Maine,…

Your November photos included early ice formations, porcupines, and colorful autumnal skies. At a high school in the Bronx, New York, Lawrence Culleton captured an image of a red-tailed hawk…

Your October photos showed late season migratory birds, colorful foliage, and fall fungi. In North Haven, Connecticut, Ross Lanius documented a sobering view of three EAB-created hazard trees,…

This September, everything was coming up slime molds. And dragonflies, with a side of frogs. In New Boston, New Hampshire, Bill-lee Abbott discovered a beautiful specimen of Xanthotype moth.…

In August, many of you seemed intent on documenting the diversity of late-summer life forms on the forest floor. Berries, insects, snakes, and frogs all featured prominently (there was also an…

Your July photo subjects included summer butterflies and moths, forest flowers, and everyone’s favorite: insect egg slime (Leocarpus fragilis), which is actually the fruiting form of a…

Your June photos show an abundance of pink and showy lady’s slippers, butterflies and moths, and bird nests. In Randolph, New Hampshire, Jon Gilson discovered a young fawn, and in…

Your May images showed spring in full fling. In Rockingham, Vermont, Chantal Caron observed a downy woodpecker chick (no doubt complaining about its parents’ slow food service) and in…

Readers shared a bumper crop of images for the April gallery, resulting in some difficult choices for the editors! Your photos included early spring wildflowers, amphibian eggs, waterfalls,…

Frequent themes in your March photos included maple sugaring, vividly colored winter skies, and the return of blue herons. Tim Larsen captured an encounter between a barred owl and an…

Your February photos included images of winter resident birds and northern visitors, a tree valentine, and quiet scenes illuminated by soft winter light. A number of you shared intriguing…

For a month with a bleak reputation, January 2023 inspired a number of colorful and lively images from our gallery photographers. Frequent topics included winter birds (especially owls),…

Your December photos included ice bells, fast-flowing meltwater, blaze orange fungi, and winter tree work by beavers and pileated woodpeckers. In Bristol, New Hampshire, Herb D’Arcy…

Your November photos included split milkweed pods and wind-borne seeds, forest plants in fall color, spectacular autumn skies, and the arrival of ice and snow. In Stoddard, New Hampshire, Sue…

Your October photos featured colorful fungi, mountain views and – taking advantage of the unusually warm weather – a surprising number of late season herps. Check out Tami…

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…

Your August photos included a diversity of late summer life, including insects and spiders, juvenile birds, and coral fungi. In Hawley, Massachusetts, Amy Quist did her best to shoo a stubborn…