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March 2nd, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

February 2017

Your February photos revealed a deer escaping a coyote by water, a skidder escaping water by logs, and a glimpse of an intriguing new winter pastime: forest goat sledding.  Check out the lynx photo and the magnified image of a snow flea.

We’re now on the hunt for March 2017 photos. We encourage you to share images about anything that relates to the Northeast’s forests, and that you take this month. Here are examples – but by no means an exclusive list – of photo topics that fit this category: nature, weather, education activities (any age), forest management/logging, recreation, wood manufacture, art, workshops, events. As long as it relates in some way to the Northeast’s forests, we’ll consider it.

February 2017 Photo: David Alexander
Budd Lake, NJ. “Wild About Wildlife - Mystery Biofact Identification” prepared by biologist and educator David Alexander. Credit: David Alexander | Photo: David Alexander
February 2017 Photo: Declan McCabe
Colchester, VT. A fisher, captured on a trail camera at Saint Michael’s College. Credit: Declan McCabe | Photo: Declan McCabe
February 2017 Photo: Diana Todd
Halifax, VT. “At the log landing.” Credit: Diana Todd | Photo: Diana Todd
February 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. “This snow flea is about 200 microns wide, or about the width of three human hairs.” Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
February 2017 Photo: Harcourt Davis
Old Lyme, CT. A common merganser, “heading up the Lieutenant River.” Credit: Harcourt Davis | Photo: Harcourt Davis
February 2017 Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
Ashland, ME. A lynx on the move. Credit: Lonnie S. Jandreau | Photo: Lonnie S. Jandreau
February 2017 Photo: Samantha Wolf
Phelps, NY. “Air bubbles.” Credit: Samantha Wolf | Photo: Samantha Wolf
February 2017 Photo: Linda Reed
Constantia, NY. “Old white pines.” Credit: Linda Reed | Photo: Linda Reed
February 2017 Photo: John D. E. Roberts
West Cornwall, VT. Tracks – evidence of “otter tobogganing across our pond.” Credit: John D. E. Roberts | Photo: John D. E. Roberts
February 2017 Photo: Sophie Zyla
Beacon Falls, CT. “Cedar waxwing with red wax tips. The flocks of waxwings have been busy searching out berries and the holly was covered with …waxwings and berries!” Credit: Sophie Zyla | Photo: Sophie Zyla
February 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Kernel of corn tucked into crack in old beaver-chewed muscle wood. Possibly by a blue jay.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
February 2017 Photo: Jonathan Frishtick
Norwich, VT. “Woodpecker activity.” Credit: Jonathan Frishtick | Photo: Jonathan Frishtick
February 2017 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. “Corduroy over seep hole.” A “corduroy road” is a pathway of logs used to help heavy logging equipment get across difficult (typically, wet) ground. Credit: Gordon Gould | Photo: Gordon Gould
February 2017 Photo: Rex Baker
Princeton, MA. An unusual view of a Christmas tree. Credit: Rex Baker | Photo: Rex Baker
February 2017 Photo: Declan McCabe
South Burlington, VT. “Turkey visits Saint Michael’s College.” Credit: Declan McCabe | Photo: Declan McCabe
February 2017 Photo: Tony Marple
Whitefield, ME. Patterns on an icy patch, on the trail to Musquash Pond. Credit: Tony Marple | Photo: Tony Marple
February 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “Buck reading the ‘posted’ sign to make sure he finds the safe territory. The hunters in our neck of the woods won’t find this picture humorous.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
February 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. Barred owl in a snowstorm. Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
February 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. Red squirrel with attitude. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
February 2017 Photo: Annie Socci
Baxter State Park, ME. “There can be great fun in navigating one of Baxter State Park’s ‘unmaintained paths’ in the north woods!” Credit: Annie Socci | Photo: Annie Socci
February 2017 Photo: Don Wharton
South Glens Falls, NY. Deer eluding coyote on the Sacandaga River in the Adirondacks. “Saved by the river. Adirondack deer routinely use water to escape coyotes.” Credit: Don Wharton | Photo: Don Wharton
February 2017 Photo: David Van Wie
Coos County, NH. “Sunset over Swift Diamond River.” Credit: David Van Wie | Photo: David Van Wie
February 2017 Photo: Mary Albro
Pomfret, CT. “Someone else has been working in my woods!” A pileated woodpecker obviously found a lot to eat in this tree. Credit: Mary Albro | Photo: Mary Albro
February 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Buckland, MA. “A mink paused on the (very bright) snow before diving back under the ice.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2017 Photo: Helene Grogan
Ashfield, MA. “Fresh snow in the woods.” Credit: Helene Grogan | Photo: Helene Grogan
February 2017 Photo: Carol A. Geise
Woodstock, VT. “Havenwood’s white-tailed deer.” Credit: Carol A. Geise | Photo: Carol A. Geise
February 2017 Photo: Annie Socci
Baxter State Park, ME. “Lichen microhabitat, with a skier silhouetted in the background en route to Kidney Pond.” Credit: Annie Socci | Photo: Annie Socci
February 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “House finches getting melt-water from the roof.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
February 2017 Photo: Julie Hand
East Calais, VT. “Basswood seed on sugar snow.” Credit: Julie Hand | Photo: Julie Hand
February 2017 Photo: Abigail Sandroni
Greenfield Center, NY. “Squirrelview” image. Credit: Abigail Sandroni | Photo: Abigail Sandroni
February 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Danville, PA. “A very snowy doe. I love when it snows. Everything is so peaceful and quiet, and beautiful. However, I do not think that this doe feels the same way at the moment. This picture was taken by one of my game cameras that my dear friend allows me to place on her property.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
February 2017 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. “Harvesting balsam fir.” Credit: Gordon Gould | Photo: Gordon Gould
February 2017 Photo: Carol A. Geise
South Reading, VT. One antler shed, one to go. Credit: Carol A. Geise | Photo: Carol A. Geise
February 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Site showing the demise of a rodent, probably a vole by an owl.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
February 2017 Photo: Abigail Sandroni
Saratoga Springs, NY. Sledding among the trees, with goats. “A family affair.” Credit: Abigail Sandroni | Photo: Abigail Sandroni

Submit Your Photographs

We are looking for images taken in the past month. We will select approx. 60 images to feature in each gallery. Considerations include: variety of topics, quality of image, resolution (size), and geographic diversity. Special consideration is also given to first-time photographer submissions.

Three photo submissions per person, please. We regret that we cannot publish all submissions!

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