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September 29th, 2017 Reader Photo Gallery

September 2017

In your September photos, sunlight performs captivating tricks: making rainbows appear in the mist, brightening leaves in the understory, and pulling an afternoon shadow across a well-organized log landing. As you click through this gallery, look for light cupped in an upturned mushroom cap and woven into ripples on the surface of a stream. You will find silhouettes and surprising shapes as well.

We’re now looking for October 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 October Gallery: Monday, October 23, 2017

September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Canton, PA. “The pot of gold at the end of these rainbows is the woodland of northern Pennsylvania.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Jeffersonville, VT. “Red maple leaf showing a preview of the colors to come.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Diana Todd
Wilmington, VT. “The Windham Regional Woodlands Association tours a recent timber harvest at Molly Stark State Park.” Credit: Diana Todd | Photo: Diana Todd
September 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. Silhouette of a bat and leaves. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
September 2017 Photo: Alex Barrett
Grafton, VT. “A log landing in some afternoon light.” Credit: Alex Barrett | Photo: Alex Barrett
September 2017 Photo: Richard Lawrence
Benton, ME. “Late summer dragonfly on garden sunflower.” Credit: Richard Lawrence | Photo: Richard Lawrence
September 2017 Photo: Richard Carbonetti
Glover, VT. A landing, skidders, and a loader-slasher at a logging operation in the Black Hills of Glover. Credit: Richard Carbonetti | Photo: Richard Carbonetti
September 2017 Photo: Daniel J Grey
Fair Haven, VT. “Mollusk love.” Credit: Daniel J Grey / Editor’s note: Entwined sexual organs form the blue blob. | Photo: Daniel J Grey
September 2017 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. “Harvesting sawlogs from diseased (stump rot) balsam fir with a tractor and a chainsaw.” Credit: Gordon Gould | Photo: Gordon Gould
September 2017 Photo: Gordon Gould
Waterford, VT. “Even Mother Nature has a sense of humor - a burl on a balsam fir in our woods.” Credit: Gordon Gould | Photo: Gordon Gould
September 2017 Photo: Sue Lichty
Lempster, NH. Hobblebush. Credit: Sue Lichty | Photo: Sue Lichty
September 2017 Photo: MK Beach
Etna, NH. “We have a catbird family every year. Here's one of our current residents, looking proud!” Credit: MK Beach | Photo: MK Beach
September 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Woven water.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
September 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Eastern coyote (Canis latrans) catching mice near the tractor as we were brush hogging a pasture.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
September 2017 Photo: Alex Barrett
Grafton, VT. “A forester and a logger review an intra-stand hemlock reserve.” Credit: Alex Barrett | Photo: Alex Barrett
September 2017 Photo: Rebecca Bridge
Sheffield, VT. A common garter snake consuming an American Toad. The common garter snake is one of the few predators that will eat the entire toad despite the toxins in the toad’s skin. Some other predators, including crows and ravens, will leave the skins. Credit: Rebecca Bridge | Photo: Rebecca Bridge
September 2017 Photo: Sue Lichty
Diehl Family Forest, Lempster, NH. “Plentiful food source.” Credit: Sue Lichty | Photo: Sue Lichty
September 2017 Photo: Linda Reed
Constantia, NY. “The color of September.” Credit: Linda Reed | Photo: Linda Reed
September 2017 Photo: Ed Baum
Hermon, ME. Twins and Mom. Credit: Ed Baum | Photo: Ed Baum
September 2017 Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “I came across this spider web while taking a hike in my friend’s woods.” Credit: Bonnie Honaberger | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
September 2017 Photo: Richard Carbonetti
Albany, VT. A gray treefrog. Credit: Richard Carbonetti | Photo: Richard Carbonetti
September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “Although virtually all large American chestnut trees were killed by the chestnut blight fungus, some sprouts survive long enough to flower and set fruit.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Williamsport, PA. Tracks in a muddy trail. Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Lycoming County, PA. “Bobcat photographed by a trail camera made with a Nikon L11 digital camera.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Dan Healey
Putney, VT. “Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar.” Credit: Dan Healey | Photo: Dan Healey
September 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Berries of the Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense).” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
September 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Bristly beard lichen (Usnea hirta) clinging to a tree branch.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
September 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Austerlitz, NY. “Mountain ash on Harvey Mountain.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
September 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Mushroom portrait.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
September 2017 Photo: Patricia Liddle
Canaan, NY. “Leafminer design on honey locust leaf.” Credit: Patricia Liddle | Photo: Patricia Liddle
September 2017
Canaan, NY. “Something fierce by the Stony Kill.” Credit: Patricia Liddle
September 2017
Dalton, NH. “Golden chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) found in a wet spruce-fir forest.” Credit: AM Dannis
September 2017
Dalton, NH. “Lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) can be a marker for clean air.” Credit: AM Dannis
September 2017
Waterford, VT. “Monarch caterpillar pigging out on a milkweed pod. It is nice that we are seeing more of these this year than in recent years.” Credit: Gordon Gould
September 2017
Northern Maine. “Spruce grouse on the St. Juste Connector Road.” Credit: Richard Carbonetti
September 2017
Wolfeboro, NH. A painted lady. Credit: Ian Whitmore
September 2017 Photo: MK Beach
Etna, NH. “Here's a parent and juvenile song sparrow; note that even though the parent has no tail, the feeding routine goes on just fine.” Credit: MK Beach | Photo: MK Beach
September 2017 Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “The warbler migration is almost over as this bay-breasted warbler stopped to feed on its way south.” Credit: Charlie Schwarz | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
September 2017 Photo: Ferris Cook
North Marbletown, NY. “Photo taken in my back yard. Not really an elephant, but I am guessing it is a fisher catching a snake.” Credit: Ferris Cook | Photo: Ferris Cook
September 2017 Photo: Rob Anderegg
Hartland, VT. A monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. Credit: Rob Anderegg | Photo: Rob Anderegg
September 2017 Photo: Danuta
Meadville, PA. “Never too much of a good thing!” Credit: Danuta | Photo: Danuta
September 2017 Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) nest right next to some luscious blackberries.” Credit: AM Dannis | Photo: AM Dannis
September 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Zebedee Wetland, Thetford, VT. A Canada darner on the wing (between laying eggs). Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
September 2017 Photo: Tig Tillinghast
Lyme, NH. A Christmas tree farm shrouded in valley fog. Credit: Tig Tillinghast | Photo: Tig Tillinghast
September 2017 Photo: Jim Duncan
Alton, NH. “Tree Number 8. We encountered this strange lichen growth on a red oak near the Knights Pond Trail.” Credit: Jim Duncan | Photo: Jim Duncan

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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