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November 8th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

October 2017

Berries abound in your October photos, which depict a basket full of lowbush or true cranberries, so-called highbush cranberries hanging from a Viburnum, and the lovely but toxic fruit of blue cohosh. While these seeds await dispersal in packets of pulp, those of milkweed and thistle float away on silky tufts, known as pappi. This month’s gallery also features fishers, bears, and forest stewards walking in the woods, plus two remarkable whitetails: a ten-pointer and a squirrel!

We’re now looking for November 2017 photos that relate to northeastern forests. These could be images of plants, wildlife, weather, forest management, wood processing, educational activities, recreation, art, landscapes, or events. To submit your photos, please use the form below. Thank you!

Submission Deadline for the November Gallery: Monday, November 27, 2017

October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Jeffersonville, VT. “A stiff breeze blew this sugar maple leaf into a pond.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Diana Todd
Halifax, VT. “The wild cranberries are ripe.” Credit: Diana Todd | Photo: Diana Todd
October 2017 Photo: Diana Todd
Vernon, VT. “Cersosimo Lumber Company hosted a tour of its Vernon facility for the Windham Regional Woodlands Association. We saw all aspects, from debarking to kiln drying, including an overhead view of the cutting floor.” Credit: Diana Todd | Photo: Diana Todd
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Spotted tussock (Lophocampa maculata) caterpillar curled up in a ball.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. Participants on a walk in Penn’s Woods, part of a statewide effort to build appreciation for forests, the people who own them, and the importance of tending them. Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Log landing on the Williamsport municipal watershed.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Richard G. Carbonetti
Wheelock, VT. “A very patient woodcock.” Credit: Richard G. Carbonetti | Photo: Richard G. Carbonetti
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) fruit unmasked as the other vegetation dies back.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Tamarack, aka eastern larch (Larix laricina).” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) seeds came to a safe landing intact.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: Patricia Gould
Waterford, VT. “Milkweed showing its beauty.” Credit: Patricia Gould | Photo: Patricia Gould
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A fisher checking out its domain. I get as excited to see them on my game cameras as I do when I get bears!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Teddy Hopkins
Readsboro, VT. “Odd place for a cobblestone inside this large hard maple.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins | Photo: Teddy Hopkins
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “Highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus) is a member of the honeysuckle family.” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Colin Miller
Deposit, NY. “Slashing white ash logs.” Credit: Colin Miller | Photo: Colin Miller
October 2017 Photo: Samantha Wolf
Italy, NY. “Leaf change on West Italy Hill.” Credit: Samantha Wolf | Photo: Samantha Wolf
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A bear deciding whether to go straight or take a left turn onto a different trail.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A painted lady butterfly on my red lantana.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A very welcome visitor to my October garden, a buckeye butterfly.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) buds.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Barbed wire delineating an old pasture takes many generations to disappear.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Something unusual happening here.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Milkweed (Asclepias) seeds, a new northern New England cash crop! (See: www.wsj.com/articles/this-winter-s-hot-fashion-parkas-stuffed-with-vermont-weeds-1506530994)” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Remnants of an old hill farm in the woods.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
October 2017 Photo: Steven Eustis
Starksboro, VT. “Reflecting on fall foliage.” Credit: Steven Eustis | Photo: Steven Eustis
October 2017 Photo: Steven Eustis
Starksboro, VT. “Blue jay perched on a red spruce enjoying the foliage.” Credit: Steven Eustis | Photo: Steven Eustis
October 2017 Photo: Linda Reed
Constantia, NY. “October ferns.” Credit: Linda Reed | Photo: Linda Reed
October 2017 Photo: Jim Duncan
Red Hill River Trail, Sandwich, NH. “A spindly yellow birch has taken root about ten feet up on the rotting stub of this long-dead maple snag. I suspect it is to be short-lived.” Credit: Jim Duncan | Photo: Jim Duncan
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A very handsome six-pointer giving us his very best smile!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A very nice ten-pointer gracing my friend’s woods!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A fisher out for an early morning stroll in my friend’s woods.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “'Tis the season: two young bucks having a try at sparring.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Catawissa, PA. “My husband's cousin was fortunate to have a black bear wander by his game camera.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lycoming County, PA. “A black bear photographed by a trail camera built around a Sony S40 digital camera.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Driftwood, PA. “Bull elk near Driftwood, PA - one of about 1,000 elk in north-central Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Elk County, PA. “Morning fog.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Clearfield County, PA. “Jack Dent Branch of Medix Run.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
October 2017 Photo: Barbara Mackay
Westfield, VT. “An interesting tree on the Long Trail north of Hazen’s Notch.” Credit: Barbara Mackay | Photo: Barbara Mackay
October 2017 Photo: Cory Stafford
Whitefield, ME. “Sundew plant with dew drops growing around a wetland in my backwoods.” Credit: Cory Stafford | Photo: Cory Stafford
October 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
East Chatham, NY. “Cottonwood (Populus deltoides).” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
October 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
East Chatham, NY. “Crabapples.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
October 2017 Photo: Nat Cleavitt
Holderness, NH. “Monarch and milkweed tussock moth caterpillars share the same milkweed leaf.” Credit: Nat Cleavitt | Photo: Nat Cleavitt
October 2017 Photo: Colin Miller
Tompkins, NY. “A healthy butternut (Juglans cinera) thrives in a northern hardwood stand.” Credit: Colin Miller | Photo: Colin Miller
October 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Lenox, MA. “Fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita).” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
October 2017 Photo: Samantha Wolf
Rushville, NY. “Hanging out with nature friends.” Credit: Samantha Wolf | Photo: Samantha Wolf
October 2017 Photo: Lindsey Rustad
Rangeley region, ME. “Brook trout concentrated in shrinking cold water refugia pools during fall drought, early October.” Credit: Lindsey Rustad | Photo: Lindsey Rustad
October 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A dear friend of mine who lives in Williamsport, PA, has been graced with the presence of a white-tailed gray squirrel in her yard!” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
October 2017 Photo: Teddy Hopkins
Readsboro, VT. “Must be that a food source, like politics, can make for strange bed fellows.” Credit: Teddy Hopkins | Photo: Teddy Hopkins
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “The forest surrounding Big Indian Lake is ablaze in color for this kayaker.” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “It could be a long winter based upon this red squirrel's cache of pine cones.” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. “Strange white birches growing in Maine? (Bingham wind farm project)” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Roxbury, ME. “The ‘Big Island’ on Ellis Pond.” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Magalloway River near Errol, NH. “Anglers fly fishing on a rainy October morning.” Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
October 2017 Photo: Bob Landry
Gilford, NH. “Two bats flying side by side caught on my trail camera.” Credit: Bob Landry | Photo: Bob Landry
October 2017 Photo: Amber Jones
Bradford, VT. “Wood frog in the leaves.” Credit: Amber Jones | Photo: Amber Jones

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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